Etymology

extramotor

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Today it means: Other than motor Full definition →

English motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*moweō
  11. Latinmoveō
  12. Latinmōtor
  13. Middle Englishmotour
  14. Englishmotor
  15. English todayextramotor

From extra- + motor.

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