Where does “multirotor” come from?

multirotor (English) comes from English rotor, from English rotator, from English ‐or, from Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

multirotor (English): Having or relating to more than one rotor; A...

Definitions

  1. Having or relating to more than one rotor; A...

Ancestry of “multirotor”, step by step

multirotor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rotor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrotorA rotating part of a mechanical device, for...
2EnglishrotatorOne who or that which rotates; A muscle by which...
3English‐orCreates an agent noun, often from a verb, indicating a person or object (often machines or parts of them) that do the verb or part of speech with which they are formed
4Middle English-our
5Old French-eorAlternative form of -or
6Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via English multi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmultiA multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus
2EnglishmultituberculateHaving molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of...
3EnglishtuberculateHaving tubercles; Tubercular
4Latintuberculatuswarty, tuberculate
5Latintūberculuma small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle
6Latintūbera hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence
7Proto-Italictūβos
8Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s
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