Where does “moped” come from?
Moped comes from English mope with the past tense suffix -ed, derived from Middle English mope, Old English -od, Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, and Proto-Indo-European -tós.
moped (English): simple past tense and past participle of mope;...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of mope;...
Ancestry of “moped”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | moped | moped |
| 2 | Swedish | motor | engine, motor |
| 3 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |