Where does “autohavárie” come from?
autohavárie (Czech) comes from German Havarie, from Middle Low German haverye, from Dutch haverij, from Italian avaria, from Arabic عوارية, from Arabic عَوَار, from Arabic عَوِرَ — to lose an eye.
autohavárie (Czech): car accident
Definitions
- car accident
Ancestry of “autohavárie”, step by step
autohavárie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Havarie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Havarie | accident, emergency (most often of a ship); shipwreck |
| 2 | Middle Low German | haverye | — |
| 3 | Dutch | haverij | — |
| 4 | Italian | avaria | damage; breakdown, failure; inflection of... |
| 5 | Arabic | عوارية | damage in transit, average, the occurrence of... |
| 6 | Arabic | عَوَار | fault, blemish, defect, flaw |
| 7 | Arabic | عَوِرَ | to lose an eye |