Etymology

autoimmune

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to autoimmunity. Full definition →

English immune ← Middle French immun ← Latin immūnis
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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. Englishauto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mey-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*moy-nós
  12. Proto-Italic*moinos
  13. Latinmūnus
  14. Proto-Indo-European*né
  15. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  16. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  17. Latinin-
  18. Latinin- -is
  19. Latinimmūnis
  20. Middle Frenchimmun
  21. Englishimmune
  22. English todayautoimmune

From auto- + immune.

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