Etymology

vasomotor

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the regulation of the diameter of blood vessels. Full definition →

English motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wāss
  2. Latinvās
  3. Englishvaso-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  6. Proto-Italic*moweō
  7. Latinmoveō
  8. Latinmōtor
  9. Middle Englishmotour
  10. Englishmotor
  11. English todayvasomotor

From vaso- + motor.

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