Etymology

corticomotor

C3O1R1T1I1C3O1M3O1T1O1R1

Today it means: Describing motor functions controlled by the cerebral cortex Full definition →

English motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kert-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s
  4. Latincortex
  5. Englishcortico-
  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 todaycorticomotor

From cortico- + motor.

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