Etymology

Cybertruck

Cy·ber·truck
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Today it means: A battery electric pickup truck manufactured by Tesla. Full definition →

English truck ← Middle English trokel ← Anglo-Norman trocle
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
  2. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  3. Englishcyberneticclip.
  4. Englishcyber-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*drem-influ.
  7. Ancient Greekτρέχω (trékhō)
  8. Ancient Greekτροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los)
  9. Ancient Greekτροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā)
  10. Medieval Latintrochlea
  11. Anglo-Normantrocle
  12. Middle Englishtrokel
  13. Englishtruckle?
  14. Englishtruck
  15. English todayCybertruck

Ellipsis of Tesla Cybertruck, from cyber- + truck.

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