English
extramotor
Extramotor comes from Latin moveō ‘to move, stir, set in motion’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-1‘to move’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyeti1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweō1‘to move’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveō1‘to move, stir, set in motion’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōtor1
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500motour1
- English1500–presentmotor1
- Englishearliest quotation 2015extramotor1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English extramotor
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2015: “Nonetheless, the underlying pathology manifests beyond motoneuron degeneration, affecting…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)ewh₁-Wiktionary, English extramotor‘to move’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*m(y)owh₁éyetiWiktionary, English extramotorreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*moweōWiktionary, English extramotor‘to move’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmoveōWiktionary, English extramotor‘to move, stir, set in motion’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmōtorWiktionary, English extramotor
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500motourWiktionary, English extramotor
- English1500–presentmotorWiktionary, English extramotor
- Englishearliest quotation 2015extramotorWiktionary, English extramotor. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2015: “Nonetheless, the underlying pathology manifests beyond motoneuron degeneration, affecting…”
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’
through Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
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
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “extramotor”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- / extramotor