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Where does “hippomobile” come from?

hippomobile (French) comes from French mobile, from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

hippomobile (French): horse-drawn, propelled by a horse

Definitions

  1. horse-drawn, propelled by a horse

Ancestry of “hippomobile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmobilemobile; moving; movable
2Latinmōbilis—
3Latin-bilis-ble
4Proto-Italic-ðlis—
5Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
6Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →