Etymology

autopista

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Today it means: A controlled-access highway in various Spanish-speaking countries. Full definition →

Spanish autopista ← Italian pista ← Latin mobili
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Spanishauto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  12. Proto-Italic*moweō
  13. Latinmoveō
  14. Latinmobili
  15. Spanishmóvil
  16. Spanishautomóvilclip.
  17. Spanishauto
  18. Italianpista
  19. Spanishpista
  20. Spanishautopista
  21. English todayautopista

Borrowed from Spanish autopista.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.