The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Proto-Indo-European*tó-
- Proto-Hellenic*autós
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
- Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
- Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
- Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
- Frenchauto-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinmōbili
- Frenchmobile
- Frenchautomobile
- GermanAutomobil
- GermanAuto
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰen-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰon-eh₂
- Proto-Germanic*banō
- Proto-West Germanic*banu
- Old High German*bana
- Middle High Germanban
- GermanBahn
- GermanAutobahn
- English todayautobahn
Borrowed from German Autobahn.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.