"automobile" means self-propelled.
It is the same word in French, and there is also "voiture" for "car".
French Automobile Club was created in 1895.
The car is the automobile, the word automobile can be separated into two root words auto meaning "self" and mobile meaning "able to move".
Croissant
voiture or automobile
citroen
Une automobile (fem.). This isn't an English word.
Auto and automobile are feminine nouns in French.
animal, avion, automobile
Course automobile.
The Renault automobile company worked with the French military to produce several types of tanks for World War One?
un coureur automobile
Car dealer concessionnaire automobile