Etymograph

English

bimotor

Bimotor comes from Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōtor
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500motour
  7. English1500–presentmotor
  8. Englishtodaybimotor

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-‘to move’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō‘to move’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō‘to move, stir, set in motion’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōtor
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500motour
  7. English1500–presentmotor
  8. Englishtodaybimotor

A compound of bi- + motor

Proto-Indo-European *dwi- ‘two’

Proto-Italic *dwi- ‘two, bi-, di-’

English bi-

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’

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Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

Latin moveō ‘to move’

Latin mōtor ‘mover’

Middle English motour ‘controller’

English motor

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- ‘to move’

motion, remover, 82 more

through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

movement, mover, 83 more

through Proto-Italic *moweō ‘to move’

move, momentum, automobile, automotive, promoter, emotionless, immobile, 85 more

through Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’

remove, mobile, emotional, auto, promote, promotion, remote, emotion, mobility, motive, motivate, removable, mobilization, motif, mobilize, mobilisation, motility, mobilise, emote, motile, 65 more

Today it means

noun A twin-engine aircraft.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / bimotor

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