Etymology

two-wheeler

Today it means: A bicycle or motorbike. Full definition →

English wheeler ← Middle English two ← Old English twā
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Germanic*twai
  3. Proto-West Germanic*twai-
  4. Old Englishtwēġen
  5. Old Englishtwā
  6. Middle Englishtwo
  7. Englishtwo
  8. Englishwheeler
  9. English todaytwo-wheeler

From two + wheeler.

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