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noun
A coupon-based system of hitchhiking that operated in communist Poland from the 1950s until the 1990s.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
An automatic stopping mechanism or system.
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verb
To stop automatically.
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Usage: rare
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History
Borrowed from Polish autostop, from French auto-stop, and this a pseudo-anglicism, from auto- (relating to cars) + English stop.
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-) Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Hellenic *mətós Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos) Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der. Classical Latin automatum New Latin automaticusbor. English automaticclip. English auto- English stop English autostop From auto- (automatic) + stop.
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