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Where does “robautos” come from?

robautos (Spanish) comes from Spanish auto, from Spanish automóvil, from Russian автомоби́ль, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew.

robautos (Spanish): car thief

Definitions

  1. car thief

Ancestry of “robautos”, step by step

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