Etymology

wheelback

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Today it means: A chair whose back incorporates the design of a wheel. Full definition →

English back ← Middle English bak ← Old English bæc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  3. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  4. Old Englishhwēol
  5. Middle Englishwhel
  6. Englishwheel
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-der.?
  8. Proto-Germanic*baką
  9. Proto-West Germanic*bak
  10. Old Englishbæc
  11. Middle Englishbak
  12. Englishback
  13. English todaywheelback

From wheel + back.

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