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Where does “Mobilmachung” come from?

Mobilmachung (German) comes from German mobilmachen, from German mobil, from German automobil, from Spanish automóvil, from Russian автомоби́ль, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-.

Mobilmachung (German): mobilization

Definitions

  1. mobilization

Ancestry of “Mobilmachung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmobilmachento mobilize
2Germanmobilmobile
3Germanautomobilautomobile
4Spanishautomóvilautomobile
5Russianавтомоби́ль—
6Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
7Frenchauto-auto-
8Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
9Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰe—
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