English Explanatory Dictionary

starwheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines.

Word forms

starwheel starwheels

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Germanic *sternǭ Proto-West Germanic *sternō Proto-West Germanic *sterrō Old English steorra Middle English sterre English star Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English starwheel From star + wheel.

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