Etymology

autological

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Today it means: Possessing the property it describes. Full definition →

German autologisch ← Ancient Greek αὐτός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromαὐτός“self”
  2. German · borrowed fromautologisch
  3. English todayautological

From German autologisch, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”), by surface analysis, autology + -ical.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekαὐτός all →

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