Where does “Dampflok” come from?
Dampflok (German) comes from German lok, from German Lokomotive, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo — to move.
Ancestry of “Dampflok”, step by step
Dampflok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German lok
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | lok | train locomotive, loco |
| 2 | German | Lokomotive | train locomotive |
| 3 | English | locomotive | The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches... |
| 4 | French | locomotif | locomotive |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | motivus | moving; stirred; moved |
| 6 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 7 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 8 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | moweō | to move |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |