Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counterwheel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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counterwheels (present, singular) counterwheeling (participle, present) counterwheeled (participle, past) counterwheeled (past) counterwheels (plural)

What does counterwheel mean?: To turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.
Where does counterwheel come from?: 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 *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English counterwheel From counter- + wheel.

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