auto-skip

verb

To automatically skip.

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

verbauto-skip (third-person singular simple present auto-skips, present participle auto-skipping, simple past and past participle auto-skipped)

present singular third person auto-skips · participle present auto-skipping · participle past auto-skipped · past auto-skipped · alternative auto skip · alternative autoskip

  1. To automatically skip.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  11. Proto-Hellenic*mətós
  12. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
  13. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
  14. Classical Latinautomatum
  15. New Latinautomaticus
  16. Englishautomaticclip.
  17. Englishauto-
  18. Englishskip
  19. Englishauto-skip

From auto- + skip.

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Cite this entry
APA

auto-skip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auto-skip

MLA

“auto-skip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auto-skip. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “auto-skip,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auto-skip.

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