köken: From λεώς (leṓs, “people”), an archaic Attic variant of λαός (laós, “people”), and φορείο (foreío, “carriage”) from the verb φέρω (phérō, “carry”). First coined in 1863 in order to translate the French bus or omnibus. The choice of the obsolete variant λεώς (leṓs) instead of the common λαός (laós) was due to the Ancient Greek word λεωφόρος (leōphóros, “thoroughfare”) of the same etymology still…
köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian بس (bas), from Middle Persian ws (/was/). Compare Bengali ব্যাস (bês), Gujarati બસ (bas), Marathi बास (bās), Punjabi ਬਸ (bas).
köken: From English omnibus and/or French omnibus (e.g. in the company name Helsingin Raitiotie ja Omnibus Oy), later shortened like in (and probably following) other languages.
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-)lbor. French auto- French car French autocarbor. Polish autokar Borrowed from French autocar.