Where does “auto” come from?
auto (Italian) comes from Italian automobile, from Italian auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from French mobile, from Latin mōbilis, from Latin -bilis, from Proto-Italic -ðlis, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlis — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
auto (Italian): Clipping of automobile: car; auto; An auto...
Definitions
- Clipping of automobile: car; auto; An auto...
Ancestry of “auto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | automobile | automobile |
| 2 | Italian | auto- | auto-, self-; eigen-; homo- |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 4 | French | mobile | mobile; moving; movable |
| 5 | Latin | mōbilis | — |
| 6 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
Words derived from “auto”