Etymology

omniwheel

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English wheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ep-
  2. Proto-Italic*opnis
  3. Latinomnis
  4. Englishomni-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  7. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  8. Old Englishhwēol
  9. Middle Englishwhel
  10. Englishwheel
  11. English todayomniwheel

From omni- + wheel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.