Where does “automarketti” come from?
automarketti (Finnish) comes from Finnish marketti, from Finnish supermarketti, from English supermarket, from English super-, from Latin super-, from Latin super, from Latin eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European upéri.
automarketti (Finnish): A supermarket with ample parking in order to attract motoring customers
Definitions
- A supermarket with ample parking in order to attract motoring customers
Ancestry of “automarketti”, step by step
automarketti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish marketti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | marketti | supermarket or hypermarket |
| 2 | Finnish | supermarketti | supermarket |
| 3 | English | supermarket | A large self-service store that sells groceries... |
| 4 | English | super- | above, over, or upon; superior in size, quality,... |
| 5 | Latin | super- | super-; over, above |
| 6 | Latin | super | "accusative" above, on the top of, upon;... |
| 7 | Latin | eks-uper | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | upéri | alternative reconstruction of *upér |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via Finnish auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | auto | car, automobile |
| 2 | Finnish | automobiili | automobile, 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 |