Etymology

counterwheel

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Today it means: To turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction. Full definition →

English wheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  13. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  14. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  15. Old Englishhwēol
  16. Middle Englishwhel
  17. Englishwheel
  18. English todaycounterwheel

From counter- + wheel.

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