Where does “locomotor” come from?

locomotor (Catalan) comes from Catalan motor, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

locomotor (Catalan): locomotive relating to locomotion

Definitions

  1. locomotive relating to locomotion

Ancestry of “locomotor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmotormotor
2Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin motor →