"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.
Course automobile.
animal, avion, automobile
The Renault automobile company worked with the French military to produce several types of tanks for World War One?
Car dealer concessionnaire automobile
un coureur automobile