English Explanatory Dictionary

typewheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wheel in an early telegraph or typewriter that bears the physical characters on its periphery and is used to print them onto the page.

Word forms

typewheel typewheels

Etymology

Etymology tree English type Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English typewheel From type + wheel.

Related words

typeball
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