Etymology

snowmobile

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Today it means: A vehicle with skis at the front and a caterpillar track at the rear, used for travelling over snow, sometimes as sport. Full definition →

English automobilebf. ← French automobile ← Latin mōbili
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sneygʷʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snóygʷʰos
  3. Proto-Germanic*snaiwaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*snaiw
  5. Old Englishsnāw
  6. Middle Englishsnow
  7. Englishsnow
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  9. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  12. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  13. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  14. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  15. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  16. Frenchauto-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  19. Proto-Italic*moweō
  20. Latinmoveō
  21. Latinmōbili
  22. Frenchmobile
  23. Frenchautomobile
  24. Englishautomobilebf.
  25. English todaysnowmobile

From snow + -mobile.

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