Etymology

autostrada

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Today it means: A motorway in Italy (and some other countries) Full definition →

Italian autostrada ← Latin strāta ← Proto-Italic *strātos
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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. Italianauto-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  11. Proto-Italic*moweō
  12. Latinmoveō
  13. Latinmōbili
  14. Italianmobile
  15. Italianautomobileclip.
  16. Italianauto
  17. Italianauto-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*str̥h₃tós
  21. Proto-Italic*strātos
  22. Latinstrātus
  23. Latinvia strātaellip.
  24. Latinstrāta
  25. Italianstrada
  26. Italianautostrada
  27. English todayautostrada

Borrowed from Italian autostrada.

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