Where does “Sanitätsauto” come from?

Sanitätsauto (German) comes from German Auto, from German automobil, from Spanish automóvil, from Russian автомоби́ль, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

Sanitätsauto (German): ambulance

Definitions

  1. ambulance

Ancestry of “Sanitätsauto”, step by step

Sanitätsauto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Auto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAutocar
2Germanautomobilautomobile
3Spanishautomóvilautomobile
4Russianавтомоби́льcar, automobile, motorcar
5Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
6Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
7Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
8Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via German Sanität

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSanitätmilitary health care; medical corps; ambulance
2Latinsānitāshealth, soundness of body, healing
3Latin-tāsty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewEvery word from Ancient Greek αὐτός
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