Etymology

hypermotor

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Today it means: Synonym of hyperkinetic. Full definition →

English motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  9. Proto-Italic*moweō
  10. Latinmoveō
  11. Latinmōtor
  12. Middle Englishmotour
  13. Englishmotor
  14. English todayhypermotor

From hyper- + motor.

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