Etymology

celerifere

C3E1L1E1R1I1F4E1R1E1

Today it means: A supposed early wooden form of the bicycle, without pedals, gears or steering; later determined to be a hoax. Full definition →

French célérifère
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. French · borrowed fromcélérifère
  2. English todaycelerifere

Borrowed from French célérifère.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.