Where does “motore” come from?

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

motore (Italian): motor, motory, motive, propelling, driving,...

Definitions

  1. motor, motory, motive, propelling, driving,...

Ancestry of “motore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

Words derived from “motore

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin motor