Where does “autointervista” come from?
autointervista (Italian) comes from Italian intervista, from English interview, from French interviewer, from English interviewer, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
autointervista (Italian): self-interview
Definitions
- self-interview
Ancestry of “autointervista”, step by step
autointervista traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian intervista
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | intervista | interview; third-person singular present of... |
| 2 | English | interview | An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or... |
| 3 | French | interviewer | to interview; interviewer |
| 4 | English | interviewer | One who interviews |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Italian auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | auto | Clipping of automobile: car; auto; An auto... |
| 2 | Italian | automobile | automobile |
| 3 | Italian | auto- | auto-, self-; eigen-; homo- |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 5 | French | mobile | mobile; moving; movable |
| 6 | Latin | mōbilis | movable, loose |
| 7 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |