Etymology

dorsomotor

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Today it means: Describing dorsal motor functions Full definition →

English motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
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The story

  1. Englishdorso-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  4. Proto-Italic*moweō
  5. Latinmoveō
  6. Latinmōtor
  7. Middle Englishmotour
  8. Englishmotor
  9. English todaydorsomotor

From dorso- + motor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.