Where does “motodromo” come from?

motodromo (Italian) comes from Italian -dromo, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

motodromo (Italian): speedway

Definitions

  1. speedway

Ancestry of “motodromo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-dromo-drome
2Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
3Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek δρόμος →