Etymology

premotor

P3R1E1M3O1T1O1R1

Today it means: Near the front of the motor cortex. Full definition →

English motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  11. Proto-Italic*moweō
  12. Latinmoveō
  13. Latinmōtor
  14. Middle Englishmotour
  15. Englishmotor
  16. English todaypremotor

From pre- + motor.

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