Why the term automobile is used regarding car?

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what is auto mobile means? the term in mostly used for car business

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CAR = from 'carriage' which use to be horse drawn in the old days. car body builders in italy are still called carrozzeri or 'coach builders' because that's what they did for a living 100 years ago.

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AUTOMOBILE = AUTOMATIC + MOBILE, which means it is something that Moves on its own. Automobile ca refer to anything that fits this description (trains, trucks, etc) but is generally used with reference to cars.

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It is an auto, it is mobile in that it moves...therefore it is an automobile.

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Automobile is the formal name for a car. Car is the informal word meaning the same. A short term for automobile is car. I do not know the origin of the word car. Also used is the word 'Auto'.

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As you can see by the dictonary defination of a "CAR" it can mean many things, besides automobile.

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A car is:
1. an automobile.
2. a vehicle running on rails, as a streetcar or railroad car.
3. the part of an elevator, balloon, modern airship, etc., that carries the passengers, freight, etc.
4. British Dialect. any wheeled vehicle, as a farm cart or wagon.
5. Literary. a chariot, as of war or triumph.
6. Archaic. cart; carriage.

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An automobile is:
1. a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine."

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Because the cars run with the self, i mean nobody is pushing or pulling... so its auto which in Latin means self. and mobile is the term to mean something like portable... so put urself the words together!

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