English Explanatory Dictionary

wheelback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A chair whose back incorporates the design of a wheel.

Word forms

wheelback wheelbacks

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back English wheelback From wheel + back.

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