Where does “autocine” come from?
autocine (Spanish) comes from Spanish cine, from Spanish cinema, from Italian cinematica, from Italian cine, from Italian cinema, from French cinéma, from French cinématographe, from French -graphe — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
autocine (Spanish): drive-in
Definitions
- drive-in
Ancestry of “autocine”, step by step
autocine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish cine
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cine | cinema, moviehouse; film |
| 2 | Spanish | cinema | cinema; movie theater building where films are shown to an audience |
| 3 | Italian | cinematica | kinematics; feminine singular of cinematico |
| 4 | Italian | cine | cinema; cinematography |
| 5 | Italian | cinema | cinema; cinema, movie theater, film theatre |
| 6 | French | cinéma | cinema; playacting, drama, fuss |
| 7 | French | cinématographe | cinematograph |
| 8 | French | -graphe | -graph; -grapher |
| 9 | Latin | -graphus | graph |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -γράφος | writer, painter |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Spanish auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | auto | car, automobile; order, writ, resolution |
| 2 | Spanish | automóvil | automobile |
| 3 | Russian | автомоби́ль | car, automobile, motorcar |
| 4 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 5 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |