Where does “motorista” come from?
motorista (Tagalog) comes from Spanish motorista, from Spanish motor, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
motorista (Tagalog): motorcyclist; biker
Definitions
- motorcyclist; biker
Ancestry of “motorista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | motorista | biker, motorcyclist |
| 2 | Spanish | motor | moving; motor; engine |
| 3 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |