Motor derives from Latin 'mōtor' (mover), from 'movēre' (to move), originally a philosophical term before becoming the name for engines.
A machine that supplies motive power for a vehicle or other device; relating to or involving muscular movement or the nerves activating it.
From Latin 'mōtor' (mover, one who moves), from 'mōtus,' past participle of 'movēre' (to move), from Proto-Indo-European *mewh₂- (to push away, to move). The word initially meant 'a mover' in a philosophical sense (God as the prime motor). The mechanical sense — a device that produces motion — developed in the 19th century with the invention of the internal combustion engine. The neurological sense (motor nerves
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