locomotive
The origin and history of locomotive.
Etymology
From French locomotif, built from Latin locō ("from a place") and a Latin-derived word for "moving." Originally a general adjective for anything self-propelling, it narrowed to mean the train engine specifically from around 1814.
Class of 1814
locomotive first entered the language around 1814. Other words from the same year:
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