Etymology

minibike

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Today it means: A small motorized two-wheeled vehicle, just big enough for one adult to ride; such bikes are rarely street-legal. Full definition →

English bike ← French bicycle ← Late Latin cyclus
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  1. LatinMinius
  2. Latinminium
  3. Italianminio
  4. Italianminiare
  5. Italianminiatura
  6. Englishminiature
  7. Englishmini-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  9. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  11. Proto-Italic*dwis
  12. Old Latinduis
  13. Latinbis
  14. Frenchbi-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  16. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  17. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  18. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  19. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  20. Late Latincyclus
  21. Frenchcycle
  22. Frenchbicycle
  23. Englishbicycleclip.
  24. Englishbike
  25. English todayminibike

From mini- + bike.

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