Where does “autoferrotranviario” come from?

autoferrotranviario (Italian) comes from Italian ferrotranviario, from Italian tranviario, from Italian tranvia, from Spanish tranvía, from English tramway, from English tram, from Low German traam, from Middle High German troum — to support; to hold.

autoferrotranviario (Italian): public transport

Definitions

  1. public transport

Ancestry of “autoferrotranviario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianferrotranviariopublic transport
2Italiantranviariotram
3Italiantranviatram route; Any of the trams that run along a...
4Spanishtranvíatram
5EnglishtramwayThe track on which a tram runs; The system of...
6EnglishtramA passenger vehicle for public use that runs on...
7Low Germantraamtram, shaft of a barrow
8Middle High Germantroumdream
9Old High Germantroum
10Proto-West Germanicdraumdream
11Proto-Germanicdraumazdream
12Proto-Germanicdraugmaz
13Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrowgʰ-mos
14Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrewgʰ-to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;...
15Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold
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