English Explanatory Dictionary

millwheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A water wheel used to power a watermill.

Word forms

millwheel millwheels mill wheel

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂-ti Proto-Italic *melōder. Latin molō Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Late Latin molīnus Late Latin molīnabor. Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu Old English mylen Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Old English mylenhwēol Middle English milnewhel English millwheel From Middle English milnewhel, from Old English mylenhwēol (“millwheel”), equivalent to mill + wheel.

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