Etymology

autodifferentiation

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English differentiation ← New Latin differentiātus ← Latin differentia
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autodifferentiation · noun1

  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*dwóh₁
  19. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  20. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  21. Proto-Italic*dis-
  22. Latindis-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  25. Proto-Italic*ferō
  26. Latinferō
  27. Latindifferō
  28. Latindifferēns
  29. Latindifferentia
  30. New Latindifferentiō
  31. New Latindifferentiātus
  32. Englishdifferentiate
  33. Englishdifferentiation
  34. English todayautodifferentiation

From auto- (“automatic”) + differentiation.

autodifferentiation · noun2

  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*d(w)is-
  13. Proto-Italic*dis-
  14. Latindis-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  17. Proto-Italic*ferō
  18. Latinferō
  19. Latindifferō
  20. Latindifferēns
  21. Latindifferentia
  22. New Latindifferentiō
  23. New Latindifferentiātus
  24. Englishdifferentiate
  25. Englishdifferentiation
  26. English todayautodifferentiation

From auto- (“self-”) + differentiation.

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