Where does “servomotor” come from?

servomotor (English) comes from French servo-moteur, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

servomotor (English): An electric motor in a servomechanism, especially...

Definitions

  1. An electric motor in a servomechanism, especially...

Ancestry of “servomotor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchservo-moteur—
2Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “servomotor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →