Etymology

litrebike

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Today it means: A motorcycle with an engine displacement of 1000cc or greater. Full definition →

English motorbike ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
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The story

  1. Spanishlitre
  2. Englishlitre
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  4. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  6. Proto-Italic*dwis
  7. Old Latinduis
  8. Latinbis
  9. Frenchbi-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  11. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  12. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  13. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  14. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  15. Late Latincyclus
  16. Frenchcycle
  17. Frenchbicycle
  18. Englishbicycleclip.
  19. Englishbike
  20. Englishlitre
  21. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  23. Proto-Italic*moweō
  24. Latinmoveō
  25. Latinmōtor
  26. Middle Englishmotour
  27. Englishmotor
  28. Englishbike
  29. Englishmotorbike
  30. English todaylitrebike

From litre + bike, or a blend of litre + motorbike.

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