The story
- Proto-Hellenic*autós
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
- Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
- Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
- Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
- Englishauto-
- Englishantibody
- English todayautoantibody
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
autoantibody
Today it means: An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself. Full definition →
English antibody ← Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew