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Where does “motor” come from?

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

motor (Catalan): motor

Definitions

  1. motor

Ancestry of “motor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “motor”

  • motoritzar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →