Where does “mótarbhealach” come from?
mótarbhealach (Irish) comes from Irish mótar, from English motor, from Middle English motour, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
mótarbhealach (Irish): motorway, autoroute
Ancestry of “mótarbhealach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | mótar | motor; motorcar |
| 2 | English | motor | A machine or device that converts other energy... |
| 3 | Middle English | motour | — |
| 4 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 5 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |