Where does “premotor” come from?
Premotor comes from English motor, from Latin moto, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European per-, meaning to move or traverse.
premotor (English): Near the front of the motor cortex; see premotor...
Definitions
- Near the front of the motor cortex; see premotor...
Ancestry of “premotor”, 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 | — |