Etymology

nonautomotive

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Today it means: Not automotive; not relating to automobiles. Full definition →

English automotive ← Middle English motif ← Late Latin mōtīvum
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  15. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  16. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  18. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  19. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  20. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  21. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  22. Englishauto-
  23. Anglo-Normanmotif
  24. Middle Frenchmotif
  25. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  27. Proto-Italic*moweō
  28. Latinmoveō
  29. Latinmōtus
  30. Late Latinmōtīvum
  31. Middle Englishmotif
  32. Englishmotive
  33. Englishautomotive
  34. English todaynonautomotive

From non- + automotive.

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