Where does “motortruck” come from?
motortruck (English) comes from English truck, from English truckle, from Middle English trokel, from Anglo-Norman trocle, from Medieval Latin trochlea, from Ancient Greek τροχιλία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
motortruck (English): A truck
Definitions
- A truck
Ancestry of “motortruck”, step by step
motortruck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English truck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | truck | A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel... |
| 2 | English | truckle | A small wheel; a caster or pulley; A small wheel... |
| 3 | Middle English | trokel | caster, wheel, roller |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | trocle | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | trochlea | a block, sheaf containing one or more pulleys;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τροχιλία | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
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 | — |