Where does “quadrimoto” come from?

quadrimoto (Italian) comes from Italian moto, from Latin mōtus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

quadrimoto (Italian): quad bike

Definitions

  1. quad bike

Ancestry of “quadrimoto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianmotoClipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle; movement;...
2Latinmōtusmoved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin mōtus →