Etymology

autodiagnostic

A1U1T1O1D2I1A1G2N1O1S1T1I1C3

Today it means: Relating to, or carrying out, autodiagnosis; self-diagnosing. Full definition →

English diagnostic ← Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós) ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tis
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

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*dwóh₁
  11. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  13. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  14. Ancient Greekδια- (dia-)
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
  17. Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
  18. Ancient Greekγῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō)
  19. Ancient Greekδῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō)
  20. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs)
  21. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  22. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
  24. Ancient Greekγνῶσις (gnôsis)
  25. Ancient Greekγνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
  26. Ancient Greekδῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)
  27. Englishdiagnostic
  28. English todayautodiagnostic

From auto- + diagnostic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.