Etymology

unmotorable

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Today it means: Not motorable; which cannot be traversed by motor vehicle. Full definition →

English motorable ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*moweō
  11. Latinmoveō
  12. Latinmōtor
  13. Middle Englishmotour
  14. Englishmotor
  15. Englishmotorable
  16. English todayunmotorable

From un- + motorable.

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