Unscramble

c 3 o 1 g 2 w 4 h 4 e 1 e 1 l 1

8 letters · 17 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gēw- Proto-Indo-European *gugāder. Proto-Germanic *kuggōder. Old Norse *koggrbor. Middle English cogge English cog Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English cogwheel From cog + wheel.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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