Where does “perpetuum mobile” come from?
perpetuum mobile (Polish) comes from Latin perpetuum mōbile, from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
perpetuum mobile (Polish): perpetual motion machine
Definitions
- perpetual motion machine
Ancestry of “perpetuum mobile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | perpetuum mōbile | a being capable of perpetual motion |
| 2 | Latin | mōbilis | movable, loose |
| 3 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |