Etymology

autoplagiarism

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Today it means: The republishing or resubmitting of one's own work as if it were original. Full definition →

English plagiarism ← Latin plagiārius ← Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-
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  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*pel-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pleḱ-
  12. Latinplagium
  13. Latinplagiārius
  14. Englishplagiary
  15. Englishplagiarism
  16. English todayautoplagiarism

From auto- + plagiarism.

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