Etymology of the English word motorcar
the English word
motorcarderived from the English word
motorderived from the Latin word
motor (mover)
derived from the Latin word
motus (movement, motion; riot)
derived from the Latin word
movere (move, stir, agitate)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*meuə-derived from the English word
carderived from the French word
motorcarderived from the Old French word
mobilederived from the Latin word
mobilis (movable; mobile; quick)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
movibilisderived from the Latin word
movere (move, stir, agitate)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*meuə-using the Greek prefix
auto-, αὐτο-
derived from the Late Greek word
autos, αὐτός (self)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
