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wheelless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wheel-less
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking wheels, without wheels.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English wheelless From wheel + -less.

Derived Forms

wheellessness

Questions

What does wheelless mean?
Lacking wheels, without wheels.
Where does wheelless come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English wheelless From wheel + -less.

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