Where does “autoshampoo” come from?
autoshampoo (Finnish) comes from Finnish auto, from Finnish automobiili, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
autoshampoo (Finnish): car shampoo
Definitions
- car shampoo
Ancestry of “autoshampoo”, step by step
autoshampoo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish shampoo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | shampoo | shampoo commercial liquid soap |
| 2 | English | shampoo | A traditional Indian and Persian body massage... |
| 3 | Urdu | چان٘پو | — |
| 4 | Hindi | चाँपो | inflection of चाँपना : ## second-person plural... |
| 5 | Hindi | चाँपना | to press, to squeeze, to knead; to shampoo; to... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | चपयति | to pound, kneed; to pound, to knead; to pound,... |