Where does “snowmobile” come from?
Snowmobile is a compound of English snow, from Middle English snaw and Old English snāw, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sneygʰ-, combined with mobile, denoting a motorized vehicle for traveling over snow.
snowmobile (English): A vehicle with skis at the front and a...
Definitions
- A vehicle with skis at the front and a...
Ancestry of “snowmobile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -mobile | Used to form nouns meaning a particular type of... |
| 2 | English | automobile | A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground... |
| 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 |