Where does “autostopista” come from?
autostopista (Spanish) comes from Spanish autostop, from French auto-stop, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe.
autostopista (Spanish): hitchhiker
Ancestry of “autostopista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | autostop | hitchhiking, hitch-hiking, hitching, thumbing a... |
| 2 | French | auto-stop | hitchhiking |
| 3 | French | auto- | auto- |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | — |