The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Proto-Indo-European*tó-
- Proto-Hellenic*autós
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
- Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
- Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
- Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
- Proto-Hellenic*mətós
- Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
- Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
- Classical Latinautomatum
- New Latinautomaticus
- Englishautomaticclip.
- Englishauto-
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Proto-Indo-European*spend-
- Proto-Indo-European*spondéyeti
- Proto-Italic*spondejō
- Proto-Italic*spondeō
- Latinspondeō
- Latinrespondeō
- Latinrespōnsum
- Old Frenchrespuns
- Middle Englishrespounse
- Englishresponse
- English todayautoresponse
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.