Etymology Explorer › French

Where does “électromoteur” come from?

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

électromoteur (French): electromotor , electromotive

Definitions

  1. electromotor , electromotive

Ancestry of “électromoteur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmoteurmotor, engine; driving force; motive, driving
2Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →