Etymology

autoresponse

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Today it means: An automatic response. Full definition →

English response ← Middle English respounse ← Old French respuns
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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. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  11. Proto-Hellenic*mətós
  12. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
  13. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
  14. Classical Latinautomatum
  15. New Latinautomaticus
  16. Englishautomaticclip.
  17. Englishauto-
  18. Proto-Italic*wre-
  19. Latinre-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*spend-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*spondéyeti
  22. Proto-Italic*spondejō
  23. Proto-Italic*spondeō
  24. Latinspondeō
  25. Latinrespondeō
  26. Latinrespōnsum
  27. Old Frenchrespuns
  28. Middle Englishrespounse
  29. Englishresponse
  30. English todayautoresponse

From auto- + response.

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