Where does “αυτοκίνητο” come from?
αυτοκίνητο (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek αὐτοκίνητος, from Ancient Greek κινητός, from Ancient Greek κινέω, from Latin cilium, from Proto-Italic *keljom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-yo-m, from Proto-Indo-European ḱel- — to cover; to incline.
αυτοκίνητο (Greek): car, motorcar, automobile; bus, truck, lorry
Definitions
- car, motorcar, automobile; bus, truck, lorry
Ancestry of “αυτοκίνητο”, step by step
αυτοκίνητο traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek αὐτοκίνητος
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | αὐτοκίνητος | self-moved |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κινητός | moved |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κινέω | to set in motion, move, remove; to inflect; to... |
| 4 | Latin | cilium | eyelid; eyelash |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *keljom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel-yo-m | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via French automobile
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 2 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |