Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
From Middle English self-, silf-, seolf-, from Old English self-, sylf-, seolf-, from Proto-Germanic *selba-, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz (“self”). Cognate with Dutch zelf- (“self-”), German Low German sülvst- (“self-”), German selbst- (“self-”), Swedish själv- (“self-”), Icelandic sjálf- (“self-”). More at self.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan auto-
- auto-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Chinese Mandarin 自相, 自己
- 自相 (zìxiāng)of, by, in or with oneself or itself
- 自己 (zìjǐ)of, by, in or with oneself or itself
- 自 (zì)of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Czech sebe-, své-
- sebe-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
- své-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Finnish itse-
- itse-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
French auto-
- auto-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
German selbst-, auto-
- selbst-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
- auto-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Greek αυτο-, αυτό-
- αυτο- (afto-)of, by, in or with oneself or itself
- αυτό- (aftó-)of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Hebrew עצמי
- עצמי (atzmí)of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Hungarian ön-
- ön-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Indonesian swa-
- swa-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Irish féin-
- féin-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Italian auto-
- auto-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Japanese 自己, 自
- 自己 (jiko)of, by, in or with oneself or itself
- 自 (ji)of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Lithuanian savi-
- savi-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Malay swa-
- swa-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Māori kiriaro
- kiriaroof, by, in or with oneself or itself
Polish samo-
- samo-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Portuguese auto-
- auto-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Russian само-, себе-
- само- (samo-)of, by, in or with oneself or itself
- себе- (sebe-)of, by, in or with oneself or itself
- авто- (avto-)of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Scottish Gaelic fèin-
- fèin-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Spanish auto-
- auto-of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Cite this entry
APA
self-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-
MLA
“self-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-.
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