Where does “trolejbus” come from?
trolejbus (Slovak) comes from English trolleybus, from English bus, from English omnibus, from French omnibus, from Latin omnibus, from Latin omnis, from Proto-Italic opnis, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ep-ni-s — to work, toil, make; ability, force.
trolejbus (Slovak): a bus riding on its wheels (i.e., not on rails), driven by an electric motor and collecting electricity from overhead wires by the use of trolleys, a trolleybus
Definitions
- a bus riding on its wheels (i.e., not on rails), driven by an electric motor and collecting electricity from overhead wires by the use of trolleys, a trolleybus
Ancestry of “trolejbus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trolleybus | Alternative spelling of trolley bus |
| 2 | English | bus | A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of... |
| 3 | English | omnibus | A vehicle set up to carry many people; An... |
| 4 | French | omnibus | Pertaining to a local; omnibus, bus |
| 5 | Latin | omnibus | dative masculine plural of omnis; dative feminine... |
| 6 | Latin | omnis | every; all |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | opnis | every, all |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep-ni-s | working |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ep- | to work, toil, make; ability, force |