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Same in all latin languages I think. One word for both motor and engine. In spite of having a word for 'engineer'.

Same in Dutch (a Germanic language).

Then again, we colloquially call both a motorcycle and its engine “motor”.

The word in Germanic that is used closest to "engine" would be maschine/maskin/ ... and so on.

It is called motor with respect to its effect, and machine with respect to how it works. A machine is called motor to denote it is connected to wheels or propellers, but service or repairs are technically performed on the machine.

This distinction can sound a little old-fashioned now.

Interesting, I was surprised to learn this fact from you!

"engineer" in French is ingénieure (feminine) and ingénieur (masculine).

And putting "ingen" into google translate returns.. engineer.

Edit: @euroderf: Lol

So how do these relate to ingénue ?