Where does “automobilist” come from?

automobilist (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian automòbīl — automobile.

automobilist (Serbo-Croatian): driver; sports car driver

Definitions

  1. driver; sports car driver

Ancestry of “automobilist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianautomòbīlautomobile
Every word from Serbo-Croatian automòbīl
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