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rockwheel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rock-wheel
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A toothed wheel used to excavate trenches.

Etymology

Etymology tree Medieval Latin roccabor.? Old English *rocc Early Medieval Latin rocca Anglo-Norman roquebor. Middle English rokke English rock 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 rockwheel From rock + wheel.

Inflected Forms

rockwheels (plural)

Questions

What does rockwheel mean?
A toothed wheel used to excavate trenches.
Where does rockwheel come from?
Etymology tree Medieval Latin roccabor.? Old English *rocc Early Medieval Latin rocca Anglo-Norman roquebor. Middle English rokke English rock 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 rockwheel From rock + wheel.

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