Automatic etymology

English

English word automatic comes from Proto-Indo-European *memóne (To remember. To think, to be mindful.), Proto-Indo-European - -tis, Ancient Greek αὐτός, Ancient Greek μέμαα

Etymology of automatic

Detailed word origin of automatic

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*memóne Proto-Indo-European (ine) To remember. To think, to be mindful.
- -tis Proto-Indo-European (ine)
αὐτός Ancient Greek (grc)
μέμαα Ancient Greek (grc)
*méntis Proto-Indo-European (ine) Thought.
αὐτόματος Ancient Greek (grc)
automatique French (fr) Automatic.
automatic English (en) A car with automatic transmission.. A semi-automatic pistol. (computing, of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.. (maths, of a group) Having one or more finite-state automata. (of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.. (of a handgun) An [...]

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