Etymology

autostop

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Today it means: A coupon-based system of hitchhiking that operated in communist Poland from the 1950s until the 1990s. Full definition →

Polish autostop ← French auto-stop
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autostop · noun1

  1. French · derived fromauto-stop
  2. Polish · borrowed fromautostop
  3. English todayautostop

Borrowed from Polish autostop, from French auto-stop, and this a pseudo-anglicism, from auto- (relating to cars) + stop (hitchiking).

autostop · noun, verb2

  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. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  11. Proto-Hellenic*mətós
  12. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
  13. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
  14. Classical Latinautomatum
  15. New Latinautomaticus
  16. Englishautomaticclip.
  17. Englishauto-
  18. Proto-West Germanic*stoppōn
  19. Old Englishstoppian
  20. Middle Englishstoppen
  21. Englishstop
  22. English todayautostop

From auto- (automatic) + stop (cease moving).

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