Where does “automaģistrāle” come from?
automaģistrāle (Latvian) comes from Latvian auto, from Latvian automašīna, from Latvian mašīna, from Russian маши́на, from German Maschine, from French machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina — to be able.
automaģistrāle (Latvian): motorway; highway; motor highway
Definitions
- motorway; highway; motor highway
Ancestry of “automaģistrāle”, step by step
automaģistrāle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | auto | car; vocative singular masculine form of autais;... |
| 2 | Latvian | automašīna | car; motor vehicle; automobile |
| 3 | Latvian | mašīna | machine, machinery, mechanism; car, automobile |
| 4 | Russian | маши́на | motor vehicle, machine; machine |
| 5 | German | Maschine | machine; engine; airplane |
| 6 | French | machine | machine, device; machine |
| 7 | Middle French | machine | machine; device |
| 8 | Latin | māchina | contrivance |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μαχανά | Doric form of μηχᾰνή |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μηχανή | contrivance, machine, device, gear; way, means |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | μῆχος | means, expedient, remedy |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via Latvian maģistrāle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | maģistrāle | main road |