Where does “monoped” come from?
monoped (English) comes from English ped, from English moped, from Swedish moped, from Swedish motor, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.
monoped (English): Someone or something that has one leg
Definitions
- Someone or something that has one leg
Ancestry of “monoped”, step by step
monoped traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ped
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ped | A pedestrian; A pedestal; A basket; a hamper; a... |
| 2 | English | moped | simple past tense and past participle of mope;... |
| 3 | Swedish | moped | a moped vehicle |
| 4 | Swedish | motor | engine, motor |
| 5 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |