Where does “automobilina” come from?
automobilina (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;...
automobilina (Italian): toy car (either the sort you sit in and pedal, or the smaller ones you play with)
Definitions
- toy car (either the sort you sit in and pedal, or the smaller ones you play with)
Ancestry of “automobilina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | movable, loose |
| 6 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | Forms adjectives from verb stems indicating capacity or worth of being acted on |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |