Where does “oculomotor” come from?
Oculomotor derives from English motor and Latin oculus, the latter from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- meaning "to see," combined through Latin moto also from h₃ekʷ-.
oculomotor (English): Of or pertaining to movement of the eyeball
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to movement of the eyeball
Ancestry of “oculomotor”, step by step
| 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 | — |