The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Proto-Indo-European*tó-
- Proto-Hellenic*autós
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
- Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
- Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
- Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
- Englishauto-
- Proto-Indo-European*swé
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*swe-dʰh₁-
- Proto-Hellenic*séswōtʰa
- Ancient Greekἔθω (éthō)
- Ancient Greekἔθνος (éthnos)
- Englishethno-
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Englishethnography
- Englishethnographic
- English todayautoethnographic
From auto- + ethnographic.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.