Where does “automóveis” come from?
automóveis (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;...
automóveis (Portuguese): plural of automóvel
Ancestry of “automóveis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | automóvel | automobile |
| 2 | Portuguese | Auto- | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 4 | French | mobile | mobile; moving; movable |
| 5 | Latin | mōbilis | — |
| 6 | Latin | -bilis | -ble |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -ðlis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -dʰlom | Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;... |
Words derived from “automóveis”