Etymology

autoethnography

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Today it means: An ethnographic study drawing on one's own anecdotal or personal experience, or an approach to conducting research in which anecdotal or personal experience is foregrounded. Full definition →

English ethnography ← Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  3. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  4. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  5. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  6. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  7. Englishauto-
  8. Englishethnography
  9. English todayautoethnography

From auto- + ethnography.

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