English

gearset

From gear + set.

A compound of gear + set

Proto-Germanic *garwijaną ‘to prepare’

Old Norse gervi ‘gear, apparel’

Middle English gere ‘equipment, gear’

English gear

Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

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Proto-Germanic *satjaną ‘to set’

Proto-West Germanic *sattjan ‘to set’

Old English settan ‘to set’

Middle English setten ‘to seat’

English set

Today it means

noun A set of gears, as in a car or bicycle.

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