Etymology

autosave

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Today it means: A software facility that saves an open document (or progress in a game, etc.) periodically to avoid the risk of data loss. Full definition →

English save ← Middle English saven ← Old French sauver
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  3. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  4. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  5. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  6. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  8. Proto-Hellenic*mətós
  9. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
  10. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
  11. Classical Latinautomatum
  12. New Latinautomaticus
  13. Englishautomaticclip.
  14. Englishauto-
  15. Latinsalvō
  16. Latinsalvāre
  17. Old Frenchsauver
  18. Middle Englishsaven
  19. Englishsave
  20. English todayautosave

From auto- + save.

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