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Where does “mòtōr” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mòtōr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōr—
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “mòtōr”

  • motocikl
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