Where does “operculopremotor” come from?
operculopremotor (English) comes from English premotor, 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.
operculopremotor (English): opercular and premotor
Definitions
- opercular and premotor
Ancestry of “operculopremotor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | premotor | Near the front of the motor cortex; see premotor... |
| 2 | English | motor | A machine or device that converts other energy... |
| 3 | Middle English | motour | — |
| 4 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |