Where does “sepeda motor” come from?
sepeda motor (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian motor, from Dutch motor, from Dutch engel, from Middle Dutch engel, from Old Dutch engil, from Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος, from Old Norse engill — angel; messenger.
sepeda motor (Indonesian): motorcycle
Definitions
- motorcycle
Ancestry of “sepeda motor”, step by step
sepeda motor traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian motor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | motor | engine; motorcycle; important person in... |
| 2 | Dutch | motor | engine; motorbike |
| 3 | Dutch | engel | angel |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | engel | angel, servant of God; fallen angel |
| 5 | Old Dutch | engil | — |
| 6 | Latin | Angelus | angel |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄγγελος | a messenger; one that announces; angel, heavenly... |
| 8 | Old Norse | engill | angel |
| 9 | Old Saxon | engil | angel |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | angil | angel |
| 11 | Latin | angelus | angel; messenger |
via Indonesian sepeda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | sepeda | bicycle |
| 2 | French | vélocipède | a velocipede; bicycles in general; first-person... |
| 3 | Latin | pedes | a walker, one who walks; foot soldier,... |
| 4 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Dutch motorfiets
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | motorfiets | motorcycle, motorbike, open-seated motor-powered... |
| 2 | Dutch | fiets | bicycle; motorbike |