Rims vs. Wheels

So I have been cleaning out the old yard and there's a lot of wheels with dry rotted tires that will never see the road again.

So I have been taking them to a local shop to break them down and dispose of the tire and return the wheel to me.

The guy says: "so you want your rim back?"

I had to have heard the word "rim" a hundred times in the time it took them to break down a dozen wheels and load them in my truck. Then I get home and the neighbor says "what are you going to do with all those rims"

Then I get on fabo and at least a couple threads talking about "rims"

So I take out my trusty factory Service manual which mentions "wheels " but never once that I can see mentions "rims"

So I have to ask.... what is the history behind calling them as "rims"? Usually things have a history, story, or some observational reason to be called something other than a factory term.

So who here knows where "rim" came from??