Etymology

e-motorbike

Today it means: Synonym of e-motorcycle. Full definition →

English motorbike ← French bicycle ← Late Latin cyclus
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  1. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  2. Latinēlectrum
  3. New Latinēlectricus
  4. Englishelectric
  5. Englishe-
  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. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  14. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  16. Proto-Italic*dwis
  17. Old Latinduis
  18. Latinbis
  19. Frenchbi-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  21. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  22. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  23. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  24. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  25. Late Latincyclus
  26. Frenchcycle
  27. Frenchbicycle
  28. Englishbicycleclip.
  29. Englishbike
  30. Englishmotorbike
  31. English todaye-motorbike

From e- + motorbike.

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