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Where does “autoallumage” come from?

autoallumage (French) comes from French allumage, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

autoallumage (French): preignition

Definitions

  1. preignition

Ancestry of “autoallumage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchallumagelighting; switching on, turning on
2French-ageForming nouns with the sense of "action or result...
3Middle French-ageforms nouns with the sense of "action or result...
4Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
5Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
6Latin-āticum—
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