The story
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
- Latinsēmi-
- Englishsemi-
- 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*nem-
- Proto-Indo-European*németi
- Proto-Hellenic*némō
- Ancient Greekνέμω (némō)
- Ancient Greekνόμος (nómos)
- Ancient Greekαὐτόνομος (autónomos)
- Ancient Greekαὐτονομῐ́ᾱ (autonomĭ́ā)
- Englishautonomy
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
- Englishautonomous
- English todaysemiautonomous
From semi- + autonomous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.