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Where does “auto” come from?

auto (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Auto, from German automobil, from Spanish automóvil, from Russian автомоби́ль, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός.

auto (Serbo-Croatian): car, automobile; Note: In Serbia auto/ауто as...

Definitions

  1. car, automobile; Note: In Serbia auto/ауто as...

Ancestry of “auto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAutocar
2Germanautomobilautomobile
3Spanishautomóvilautomobile
4Russianавтомоби́ль—
5Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
6Frenchauto-auto-
7Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
8Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰe—
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