Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew
Proto-Indo-European *tó-
Proto-Hellenic *autós
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.
Ancient Greek αὖ (aû)
Ancient Greek τόν (tón)
Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós)
Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor.
English auto-
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”).
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew
Proto-Indo-European *tó-
Proto-Hellenic *autós
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-
Clipping of automatic.
Meanings
(morpheme) Automatic.
auto- + walk → autowalk
auto- + loader → autoloader
auto- + focus → autofocus
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Translations (20)
nn auto- (automatic) · cs samo- (automatic) · da auto- (automatic) · el αυτο- (automatic) · it auto- (automatic) · sh ауто- (automatic) · sh auto- (automatic) · ru авто- (automatic) · pt auto- (automatic) · ko 자동 (automatic) · fr auto- (automatic) · nb auto- (automatic) · io auto- (automatic) · pl samo- (automatic) · fi automaatti- (automatic) · fi automaattinen (automatic) · fi auto- (automatic) · bg авто- (automatic) · hy ինքն (automatic) · pl auto- (automatic)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew
Proto-Indo-European *tó-
Proto-Hellenic *autós
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.
Ancient Greek αὖ (aû)
Ancient Greek τόν (tón)
Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós)
Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor.
French auto-
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin moveō
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin mōbilislbor.
French mobile
French automobilebor.
English automobileclip.
English auto-
Clipping of automobile (“self-propelled”), itself equivalent to auto- (“self”) + mobile. In later formations influenced by auto (“automobile”).
Meanings
(morpheme) Self-propelled.
auto- + car → autocar
auto- + cab → autocab
(morpheme) Relating to cars or the driving of cars.
auto- + -phile → autophile
auto- + cross → autocross
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fi auto- (relating to cars or the driving of cars) · hy ավտո- (relating to cars or the driving of cars) · no auto- (relating to cars or the driving of cars) · bg авто- (relating to cars or the driving of cars) · it auto- (relating to cars or the driving of cars) · sh ауто- (relating to cars or the driving of cars) · ru авто- (relating to cars or the driving of cars) · fr auto- (relating to cars or the driving of cars) · sh auto- (relating to cars or the driving of cars) · pl auto- (relating to cars or the driving of cars) · pl samo- (relating to cars or the driving of cars) · el αυτο- (relating to cars or the driving of cars) · pt auto- (relating to cars or the driving of cars)