Where does “oculomoteur” come from?

oculomoteur (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.

oculomoteur (French): oculomotor

Definitions

  1. oculomotor

Ancestry of “oculomoteur”, step by step

oculomoteur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French moteur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmoteurmotor, engine; driving force; motive, driving
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

via Latin oculus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinoculusAn eye; the power of sight; a spot resembling an...
2Proto-Italicokʷeloseye
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ókʷseye
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ekʷ-to see; eye

Words derived from “oculomoteur

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