Etymograph

English

extramotor

Extramotor 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. Englishearliest quotation 2015extramotor

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. Englishearliest quotation 2015extramotor

Earliest quotation: 2015: “Nonetheless, the underlying pathology manifests beyond motoneuron degeneration, affecting…”

A compound of extra- + motor

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs ‘out’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros

Proto-Italic *eksteros

Latin exter ‘being on the outside’

Latin extrā ‘outside, except, beyond’

English extra-

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, immobile, emotionless, 85 more

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

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

Today it means

adj Other than motor

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

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

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