footwheel

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noun

Any wheel worked by means of the foot.

OriginEnglish wheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol →
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Meanings

nounfootwheel (plural footwheels)

plural footwheels

  1. engineeringAny wheel worked by means of the foot.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ped-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
  3. Proto-Germanic*fōts
  4. Proto-West Germanic*fōt
  5. Old Englishfōt
  6. Middle Englishfot
  7. Englishfoot
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  10. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  11. Old Englishhwēol
  12. Middle Englishwhel
  13. Englishwheel
  14. Englishfootwheel

From foot + wheel.

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APA

footwheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footwheel

MLA

“footwheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footwheel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “footwheel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footwheel.

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