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Where does “visceromotor” come from?

visceromotor (English) comes 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.

visceromotor (English): Relating to or controlling movement in the...

Definitions

  1. Relating to or controlling movement in the...

Ancestry of “visceromotor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmotorA machine or device that converts other energy...
2Middle Englishmotour—
3Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →