Where does “vasomotore” come from?
vasomotore (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.
vasomotore (Italian): vasomotor
Definitions
- vasomotor
Ancestry of “vasomotore”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | motore | motor, motory, motive, propelling, driving,... |
| 2 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |