The story
- Proto-Indo-European*swé
- Proto-Indo-European*swéd-yo-s
- Proto-Hellenic*hwédios
- Ancient Greekῐ̓́δῐος (ĭ́dĭos)
- Englishidio-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinmōtor
- Middle Englishmotour
- Englishmotor
- English todayidiomotor
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.