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Where does “monomotore” come from?

monomotore (Italian) comes from Italian motore, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

monomotore (Italian): single-engined; A single-engined vehicle

Definitions

  1. single-engined; A single-engined vehicle

Ancestry of “monomotore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmotoremotor, motory, motive, propelling, driving,...
2Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →