The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτροφή“nourishment”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromαὐτο-“self-”
- English todayautotroph
From auto- (from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”)) + -troph (from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”)).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekαὐτο- all →
autogyroauto-chemoautotrophphotoautotrophselfname
Ancient Greekτροφή all →
chemoautotrophphotoautotroph-trophtropho--trophyTryphosa
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.