Where does “motorbetrieben” come from?

motorbetrieben (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.

motorbetrieben (German): motorized

Definitions

  1. motorized

Ancestry of “motorbetrieben”, step by step

motorbetrieben 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 betrieben

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbetriebenpast participle of betreiben; operated
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin motor