Etymology

idiomotor

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English motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swéd-yo-s
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hwédios
  4. Ancient Greekῐ̓́δῐος (ĭ́dĭos)
  5. Englishidio-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*moweō
  9. Latinmoveō
  10. Latinmōtor
  11. Middle Englishmotour
  12. Englishmotor
  13. English todayidiomotor

From idio- + motor.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.