Where does “мотор” come from?

мотор (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

мотор (Serbo-Croatian): motor; engine

Definitions

  1. motor; engine

Ancestry of “мотор”, 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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin motor →