Where does “motor” come from?

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

motor (Spanish): moving; motor; engine

Definitions

  1. moving; motor; engine

Ancestry of “motor”, 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—

Words derived from “motor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin motor →
motor — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer