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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

millwheel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mill-wheel
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A water wheel used to power a watermill.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂ti Proto-Italic *melō Latin molō Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin molīnus Late Latin molīnabor. Proto-West Germanic *mulīnu Old English mylen Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os 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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: milnewhel, mylenhwēol

Inflected Forms

millwheels (plural) mill wheel (alternative)

Synonyms

mill wheel

Questions

What does millwheel mean?
A water wheel used to power a watermill.
Where does millwheel come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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