Etymology

motopia

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Today it means: A city designed with automobile routes on top and pedestrian areas underground. Full definition →

English utopia ← New Latin Ūtopia ← Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*moweō
  4. Latinmoveō
  5. Latinmōtor
  6. Middle Englishmotour
  7. Englishmotor
  8. Ancient Greekοὐ (ou)
  9. Ancient Greekτόπος (tópos)
  10. New LatinŪtopia
  11. Englishutopia
  12. English todaymotopia

Blend of motor + utopia.

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