automobile
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. French auto- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin mōbilislbor. French mobile French automobilebor. English automobile From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”), from Latin mōbilis (“movable”), equivalent to auto- (“self”) + mobile.
- derived from mōbilis
- derived from mobile
- derived from αὐτός
- borrowed from automobile
Definitions
A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and…
A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.
- Meronym: see list of auto parts
- Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.
To travel by automobile.
Self-moving
Self-moving; self-propelled.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at automobile. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at automobile. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at automobile
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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