Where does “autokar” come from?
autokar (Kashubian) comes from German Autocar, from French autocar, from French car, from Latin quare, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
autokar (Kashubian): coach, long-distance bus
Definitions
- coach, long-distance bus
Ancestry of “autokar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Autocar | coach |
| 2 | French | autocar | motorcoach, bus, coach |
| 3 | French | car | as, since, because, for; a single-decked... |
| 4 | Latin | quare | by what means, how; from what cause, on what... |
| 5 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 6 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 7 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 8 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 9 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 10 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 11 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 12 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 13 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 15 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 16 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |