English Explanatory Dictionary

counterwheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.
noun
  1. A contrate wheel.

Word forms

counterwheel counterwheels counterwheeling counterwheeled

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English counterwheel From counter- + wheel.

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