Where does “Elektromotor” come from?

Elektromotor (German) comes from German motor, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

Elektromotor (German): electric motor

Definitions

electric motor

Ancestry of “Elektromotor”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	German	motor	engine mechanical device
2	Latin	motor	mover; that which moves something; first-person...
3	Latin	-tor	-er
4	Proto-Italic	-tōr	Forms agent nouns to verb stems
5	Proto-Indo-European	-tōr	Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6	Proto-Indo-European	-tor-s	—

Words derived from “Elektromotor”

elektromotoro

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin motor →