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Where does “autolimitarsi” come from?

autolimitarsi (Italian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

autolimitarsi (Italian): To self-limit or self-regulate

Definitions

  1. To self-limit or self-regulate

Ancestry of “autolimitarsi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianauto-auto-, self-; eigen-; homo-
2Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
3Frenchmobilemobile; moving; movable
4Latinmōbilis—
5Latin-bilis-ble
6Proto-Italic-ðlis—
7Proto-Indo-European-dʰlis—
8Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom →