Etymology

gearmotor

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Today it means: A variable-speed electric motor (incorporating a variable gearbox) Full definition →

English motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Germanic*ga-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
  6. Proto-Germanic*arwaz
  7. Proto-Germanic*garwaz
  8. Proto-Germanic*garwijaną
  9. Old Norsegervi
  10. Middle Englishgere
  11. Englishgear
  12. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  14. Proto-Italic*moweō
  15. Latinmoveō
  16. Latinmōtor
  17. Middle Englishmotour
  18. Englishmotor
  19. English todaygearmotor

From gear + motor.

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