The word 'bicycle' came from the French word 'bicyclette', priorly known as Velocipedes.

The word Bicycle originated in the early 19th-century from the word 'bicycbette' descending from French vehicles called Velocipedes.

The word Bicycle originated in the early 19th-century from the word 'bicycbette' descending from French vehicles called Velocipedes.Bicyclette is the name of an early type of safety bicycle used in 1800-1900 in French laguage. An early form of bicycles is called velocipedes which was derived from Latin Velox, veloc- swift + pes, ped- foot during the 19th century from French. In french the word used as 'bicyclette' with derived form bicycle + -ette.

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