Where does “steam locomotive” come from?
steam locomotive (English) comes from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo, from Proto-Italic moweō, from Proto-Indo-European mew- — to move.
steam locomotive (English): A locomotive, usually for use on a railway, that...
Definitions
- A locomotive, usually for use on a railway, that...
Ancestry of “steam locomotive”, step by step
steam locomotive traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English locomotive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | locomotive | The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches... |
| 2 | French | locomotif | locomotive |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | motivus | moving; stirred; moved |
| 4 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 5 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 6 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | moweō | to move |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |