Where does “autostrade” come from?
autostrade (Dutch) comes from French autostrade, from Italian autostrada, from Italian strada, from Latin strāta, from Latin strātus, from Latin sternō, from Proto-Italic stornō, from Proto-Indo-European str̥-n-h₃- — sterile, infertile.
autostrade (Dutch): highway, motorway
Ancestry of “autostrade”, step by step