Etymology

wheelery

W4H4E1E1L1E1R1Y4

Today it means: A place where wheels or wheeled vehicles are manufactured or sold. Full definition →

English wheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol
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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. English todaywheelery

From wheel + -ery.

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