Etymology

autocall

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Today it means: To automatically call. Full definition →

English call ← Middle English callen ← Old English *callian
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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. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  11. Proto-Hellenic*mətós
  12. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
  13. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
  14. Classical Latinautomatum
  15. New Latinautomaticus
  16. Englishautomaticclip.
  17. Englishauto-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*gels-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*golsos
  20. Proto-Germanic*kalzaz
  21. Proto-Germanic*kalzōną
  22. Proto-West Germanic*kalʀōn
  23. Old Englishceallian
  24. Old English*callian
  25. Middle Englishcallen
  26. Englishcall
  27. English todayautocall

From auto- + call.

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