Etymology

audiomotor

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Today it means: Related to both the perception of sound and the production of movement. Full definition →

English motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Italic*awizdiō
  4. Latinaudi(ō)
  5. Englishaudio-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*moweō
  9. Latinmoveō
  10. Latinmōtor
  11. Middle Englishmotour
  12. Englishmotor
  13. English todayaudiomotor

From audio- + motor.

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