Where does “autoșenilă” come from?
autoșenilă (Romanian) comes from French autochenille, from French chenille, from Latin canīcula, from Latin Canis, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
autoșenilă (Romanian): caterpillar vehicle
Definitions
- caterpillar vehicle
Ancestry of “autoșenilă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | autochenille | half-track |
| 2 | French | chenille | caterpillar; chenille; caterpillar track, snow... |
| 3 | Latin | canīcula | little dog |
| 4 | Latin | Canis | a dog, a hound animal |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |