auto

car, automobile

Related: autito, auto bomba, autocaravana, autocine, autoescuela, autolote, autoparte, autopista, autovía, robaautos

Clipping of automóvil, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).

a public deed or ceremony; order, writ, resolution; short play from the Middle Ages or the Renaissance

Early borrowing from Latin actus. Doublet of the later borrowing acto.