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Where does “motorboard” come from?

motorboard (English) comes from English motor, from Middle English motour, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

motorboard (English): The mount that holds the motor on a record...

Definitions

  1. The mount that holds the motor on a record...

Ancestry of “motorboard”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmotorA machine or device that converts other energy...
2Middle Englishmotour—
3Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →