Where does “Sl” come from?
Sl (Japanese) comes from English steam locomotive, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo, from Proto-Italic moweō — to move.
Ancestry of “Sl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | steam locomotive | A locomotive, usually for use on a railway, that... |
| 2 | English | locomotive | The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches... |
| 3 | French | locomotif | locomotive |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | motivus | moving; stirred; moved |
| 5 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 6 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | moweō | to move |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |