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