Where does “hyperlocomotive” come from?
hyperlocomotive (English) comes from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.
hyperlocomotive (English): Exhibiting or relating to hyperlocomotion
Definitions
- Exhibiting or relating to hyperlocomotion
Ancestry of “hyperlocomotive”, step by step
hyperlocomotive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English locomotive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | locomotive | The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches... |
| 2 | French | locomotif | locomotive |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | motivus | moving; stirred; moved |
| 4 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 5 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 6 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | moweō | to move |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |
via English hyper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hyper | hyperactive; energetic; overly diligent;... |