Etymology of the English word automobile
the English word
automobilederived from the French word
automobilederived from the Old French word
mobilederived from the Latin word
mobilis (movable; mobile; quick)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
movibilisderived from the Latin word
movere (move, stir, agitate)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*meuə-using the Greek prefix
auto-, αὐτο-
derived from the Late Greek word
autos, αὐτός (self)
Derivations in English
skatemobile,
autocross,
bloodmobile,
bookmobile,
snowmobile,
automobiliaCognates
Dutch
auto, Dutch
automobiel, English
auto, English
autombile, French
automobile, French
auto, German
Auto, German
Automobil, German
Automobile, Icelandic
bíll, Italian
automobile, Lithuanian
automobilas, Russian
aвтoмoбиль, Spanish
automóvil, Swedish
bilUsage
Word found in Modern English
