Where does “ammattiautoilija” come from?
ammattiautoilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish autoilija, from Finnish autoilla, from Finnish auto, from Finnish automobiili, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
ammattiautoilija (Finnish): professional driver
Definitions
- professional driver
Ancestry of “ammattiautoilija”, step by step
ammattiautoilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish autoilija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | autoilija | motorist, someone who drives a car |
| 2 | Finnish | autoilla | Adessive plural form of auto; To drive a car;... |
| 3 | Finnish | auto | car, automobile |
| 4 | Finnish | automobiili | automobile, car |
| 5 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 6 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |