Etymology

electromotor

E1L1E1C3T1R1O1M3O1T1O1R1

Today it means: Any device that generates electricity. Full definition →

English motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Frenchélectro-
  2. Latinēlectrum
  3. Latinelectro-
  4. Englishelectro-
  5. Latinmōtor
  6. Middle Englishmotour
  7. Englishmotor
  8. English todayelectromotor

From electro- + motor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.