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autoresponse en · NOUN

Etymology

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- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *spend- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *spondéyeti Proto-Italic *spondejō Proto-Italic *spondeō Latin spondeō Latin respondeō Latin respōnsumbor. Old French respunsbor. Middle English respounse English response English autoresponse From auto- + response.

Meanings

1. An automatic response.
   • An email to the astronaut Jessica Meir, who FaceTimed with Freddy from the International Space Station, returned an auto-response: “Please resend after I’m back on planet Earth!” 2026 July 1, Will Oremus, “So Long to America’s Favorite Everymensch”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026:

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