Where does “auto” come from?
auto (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese automóvel, from Portuguese 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;...
auto (Portuguese): a public deed or ceremony; auto; act; deed
Definitions
- a public deed or ceremony; auto; act; deed
Ancestry of “auto”, step by step
auto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese automóvel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | automóvel | automobile |
| 2 | Portuguese | Auto- | self-; auto- done by or directed at oneself |
| 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;... |