Where does “automotif” come from?
automotif (Malay) comes from English automotive, from English auto-, from English automatic, from French automatique, from French automate, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος, from Ancient Greek μέμαα — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
automotif (Malay): automotive: of, or relating to motor vehicles
Definitions
- automotive: of, or relating to motor vehicles
Ancestry of “automotif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | automotive | Having the ability to move by itself;... |
| 2 | English | auto- | Regarding oneself; automatic; relating to cars or... |
| 3 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 4 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 5 | French | automate | automaton |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |