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Where does “mobilmachen” come from?

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

mobilmachen (German): to mobilize

Definitions

  1. to mobilize

Ancestry of “mobilmachen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mobilmachen”

  • Mobilmachung
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