Etymology

wheelspan

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Today it means: The distance between two wheels on the same axle. Full definition →

English span ← Middle English spanne ← Old English spann
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wheelspan · noun1

  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*(s)pend-
  8. Proto-Germanic*spannō
  9. Old Englishspann
  10. Middle Englishspanne
  11. Englishspan
  12. English todaywheelspan

From wheel + span.

wheelspan · verb2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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