Where does “motorcade” come from?
motorcade (English) comes from English cavalcade, from French cavalcade, from Old French cavalcade, from Old Italian cavalcata, from Italian cavalcare, from Medieval Latin caballico, from Latin -ico, from Latin -o.
motorcade (English): A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially...
Definitions
- A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially...
Ancestry of “motorcade”, step by step
motorcade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cavalcade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cavalcade | A company of riders; A parade; A trail ride,... |
| 2 | French | cavalcade | cavalcade; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old French | cavalcade | — |
| 4 | Old Italian | cavalcata | — |
| 5 | Italian | cavalcare | to ride; to sit astride on; to pass by with a... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | caballico | I mount a horse; I ride |
| 7 | Latin | -ico | forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |
via English motor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | motor | A machine or device that converts other energy... |
| 2 | Middle English | motour | — |
| 3 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |