Where does “Ottomotor” come from?

Ottomotor (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.

Ottomotor (German): four-stroke engine

Definitions

  1. four-stroke engine

Ancestry of “Ottomotor”, step by step

Ottomotor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German motor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmotorengine mechanical device
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 German Otto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOttoOtto
2Old High Germanōtriches; property
3Proto-West Germanicaudwealth, riches
4Proto-Germanicaudazwealth, riches
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin motor →