motorist 的詞源

"汽車司機"，1896年，來自 motor- + -ist。早期用作電車司機的名稱（1889年）。其他早期的替代品包括 motorneer。

"Motorer" we have given our reasons for rejecting, and there only remains "motorist" or a compound like "motor-man" or "motor-driver." Mr. C.P.G. Scott, the etymologist of the Century Dictionary, strongly favors "motor-man" or "motor-driver," though he would not object to "motorist" and prefers it above any other single word.

["Electric Power," October 1889]

"Motorer"我們已經給出了拒絕的理由，只剩下"motorist"或類似"motor-man"或"motor-driver"的複合詞。世紀詞典的詞源學家 C.P.G. Scott 先生強烈支持"motor-man"或"motor-driver"，儘管他不反對"motorist"，並將其視爲任何其他單詞中最好的選擇。

["Electric Power," 1889年10月]