myEtymology.com: French etymology of motorcar

Etymology of the French word motorcar

the French word motorcar

derived from the Old French word mobile

derived from the Latin word mobilis (movable; mobile; quick)

derived from the Medieval Latin word movibilis

derived 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)

English motorcar