Where does “autocade” come from?
autocade (English) comes from English auto, from English automatic, from French automatique, from French automate, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος, from Ancient Greek μέμαα, from Ancient Greek μέμονα — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
autocade (English): motorcade
Definitions
- motorcade
Ancestry of “autocade”, step by step
autocade traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | auto | Clipping of automatic; An automobile; A setting... |
| 2 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 3 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 4 | French | automate | automaton |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via English cavalcade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cavalcade | A company of riders; A parade; A trail ride,... |
| 2 | French | cavalcade | cavalcade; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old French | cavalcade | — |
| 4 | Old Italian | cavalcata | — |
| 5 | Italian | cavalcare | to ride; to sit astride on; to pass by with a... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | caballico | I mount a horse; I ride |
| 7 | Latin | -ico | forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |