Etymology

semiautomaton

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Today it means: a multiplicative operation of a monoid on a set Full definition →

English automaton ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Englishautomaton
  6. English todaysemiautomaton

From semi- + automaton.

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