e-truck

noun

Etymology

From e- + truck, as with e-bike and various other such terms.

  1. derived from *der-✻ — “to flay, split”
  2. derived from *derew-✻
  3. inherited from *trokōn✻ — “to fail, miss, lack”
  4. inherited from trucian — “to fail, run short, deceive, disappoint”
  5. inherited from truken
  6. formed as e-truck — “e- + truck”

Definitions

  1. An electric truck

    An electric truck: a motor truck whose propulsion is electric, especially one that is fully electric as opposed to hybrid electric.

    • Daimler Truck is a leading maker of electric trucks, and DFDS [an international shipping and logistics company] is one of logistics' biggest e-truck customers, yet widespread adoption is a long way off.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for e-truck. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA