Where does “lokomotif” come from?
lokomotif (Turkish) comes from Dutch locomotief, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo, from Proto-Italic moweō — to move.
lokomotif (Turkish): locomotive
Ancestry of “lokomotif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | locomotief | locomotive, self-propelled vehicle that runs on... |
| 2 | English | locomotive | The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches... |
| 3 | French | locomotif | locomotive |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | motivus | moving; stirred; moved |
| 5 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 6 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | moweō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |