Etymology

monomotor

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Today it means: Having a single traction motor driving the axles on a bogie. Full definition →

English motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  2. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  3. Englishmono-
  4. Latinmōtor
  5. Middle Englishmotour
  6. Englishmotor
  7. English todaymonomotor

From mono- + motor, probably borrowed from Continental European applications; compare with French monomoteur.

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