Etymology

autoproducer

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Today it means: An enterprise that produces a resource (such as heat or electricity), but for which that production is not its primary activity. Full definition →

English producer ← Middle English produce ← Latin prōdūcō
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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*per-der.?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  13. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  14. Proto-Italic*pro-
  15. Latinprō-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  18. Proto-Italic*doukō
  19. Latindūcō
  20. Latinprōdūcō
  21. Middle Englishproduce
  22. Englishproduce
  23. Englishproducer
  24. English todayautoproducer

From auto- + producer.

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