Etymology

autoactivity

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Today it means: Synonym of autoreactivity. Full definition →

English activity ← Middle French activité ← Latin āctīvitās
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Englishauto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  12. Proto-Italic*agō
  13. Latinagō
  14. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  15. Latināctīvus
  16. Latināctīvitās
  17. Middle Frenchactivité
  18. Englishactivity
  19. English todayautoactivity

From auto- + activity.

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