auto-forwarding

noun

The capability of forwarding incoming messages from one user account to another user account or from one domain to another.

OriginEnglish forwarding ← New Latin automaticus ← Classical Latin automatum →
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Meanings

nounauto-forwarding (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingThe capability of forwarding incoming messages from one user account to another user account or from one domain to another.

Origin

  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. Englishforwarding
  16. Englishauto-forwarding

From auto- + forwarding.

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APA

auto-forwarding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auto-forwarding

MLA

“auto-forwarding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auto-forwarding. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “auto-forwarding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auto-forwarding.

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