Etymology

aeromotor

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Today it means: A windmill, windpump or similar device powered by the wind Full definition →

English motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  4. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  5. Ancient Greekἀέρος (aéros)
  6. Englishaero-
  7. Latinmōtor
  8. Middle Englishmotour
  9. Englishmotor
  10. English todayaeromotor

From aero- + motor.

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