Meanings
nounautoresponse (plural autoresponses)
plural autoresponses · alternative auto-response
- An automatic response.
An email to the astronaut Jessica Meir, who FaceTimed with Freddy from the International Space Station, returned an auto-response: “Please resend after I’m back on planet Earth!”
2026 July 1, Will Oremus, “So Long to America’s Favorite Everymensch”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026
Origin
- 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*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
- Proto-Hellenic*mətós
- Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
- Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
- Classical Latinautomatum
- New Latinautomaticus
- Englishautomaticclip.
- Englishauto-
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Proto-Indo-European*spend-
- Proto-Indo-European*spondéyeti
- Proto-Italic*spondejō
- Proto-Italic*spondeō
- Latinspondeō
- Latinrespondeō
- Latinrespōnsum
- Old Frenchrespuns
- Middle Englishrespounse
- Englishresponse
- Englishautoresponse
Cite this entry
APA
autoresponse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoresponse
MLA
“autoresponse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoresponse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoresponse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoresponse.
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