English
all-wheel
From all- + wheel.
Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos ‘wheel’
Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą ‘wheel’
Proto-Germanic *hweulō ‘wheels (plural of *hwehwlą)’
Old English hwēol ‘wheel’
Middle English whel ‘wheel’
English wheel
Today it means
adj Having a transmission that drives all wheels, particularly where power is directed to the wheels with the best contact with the ground.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / all-wheel