Etymology

motorbicycle

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Today it means: A motorcycle. Full definition →

English bicycle ← French bicycle ← Late Latin cyclus
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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. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  9. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  11. Proto-Italic*dwis
  12. Old Latinduis
  13. Latinbis
  14. Frenchbi-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  16. Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
  17. Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
  18. Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
  19. Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
  20. Late Latincyclus
  21. Frenchcycle
  22. Frenchbicycle
  23. Englishbicycle
  24. English todaymotorbicycle

From motor + bicycle.

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