Where does “ballaʼ oto” come from?

ballaʼ oto (Makasar) comes from Makasar oto, from Dutch auto, from French auto, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

ballaʼ oto (Makasar): garage

Definitions

  1. garage

Ancestry of “ballaʼ oto”, step by step

ballaʼ oto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar oto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MakasarotoA cloth covering the chest and abdomen of a child
2Dutchautocar, automobile
3Frenchautocar
4Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
5Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
6Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
7Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via Makasar ballaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarballaʼhouse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew →Every word from Ancient Greek αὐτός →