Where does “електромотор” come from?
електромотор (Ukrainian) comes from Russian мото́р, from French moteur, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
електромотор (Ukrainian): electric motor
Definitions
- electric motor
Ancestry of “електромотор”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | мото́р | motor, engine |
| 2 | French | moteur | motor, engine; driving force; motive, driving |
| 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 | — |