Where does “autowasstraat” come from?
autowasstraat (Dutch) comes from Dutch straat, from Middle Dutch strate, from Old Dutch strāta, from Proto-West Germanic strātu, from Latin strāta, from Latin strātus, from Latin sternō, from Proto-Italic stornō — sterile, infertile.
autowasstraat (Dutch): car wash
Definitions
- car wash
Ancestry of “autowasstraat”, step by step
autowasstraat traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch straat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | straat | street, paved way; channel, strait |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | strate | street, paved road |
| 3 | Old Dutch | strāta | street, paved road |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | strātu | street, paved road |
| 5 | Latin | strāta | a paved road |
| 6 | Latin | strātus | — |
| 7 | Latin | sternō | to spread, stretch out, spread out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stornō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | str̥-n-h₃- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via Dutch wassen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | wassen | to wash, to clean; to grow, to rise, to increase,... |
| 2 | Dutch | was | laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | was | first/third-person singular past indicative of... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | wassen | to grow, to wax; to increase |
| 5 | Old Dutch | wassan | to grow, to wax; to rise in level |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wahsan | to grow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wahsijaną | to grow |
| 8 | Indo-European | *h₂weks- | — |
via Dutch auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | auto | car, automobile |
| 2 | French | auto | car |
| 3 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 4 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |