Meanings
alternative semi-autonomous
- not comparablePartially, but not fully, autonomous.
Hong Kong is a semiautonomous region of China.
2 more examples
And they plan to introduce even more advanced semiautonomous capabilities in the coming months.
2015 February 4, Aaron M. Kessler and Bill Vlasic, “Semiautonomous Driving Arrives, Feature by Feature”, in The New York TimesThe authorities in New Caledonia, a semiautonomous French territory in the South Pacific, put a curfew in place on Tuesday and banned all public gatherings after protests over a proposed constitutional change turned violent overnight.
2024 May 14, Yan Zhuang, “Curfew Imposed Amid Protests in Pacific Territory of New Caledonia”, in The New York Times
Origin
- 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
- Englishsemiautonomous
From semi- + autonomous.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan semiautònom
- semiautònompartially, but not fully, autonomous
German teilautonom
- teilautonompartially, but not fully, autonomous
Greek ημιαυτόνομος
- ημιαυτόνομος (imiaftónomos)partially, but not fully, autonomous
Hungarian félautonóm
- félautonómpartially, but not fully, autonomous
Italian semiautonomo
- semiautonomopartially, but not fully, autonomous
Portuguese semiautónomo, semiautônomo
- semiautónomopartially, but not fully, autonomous
- semiautônomopartially, but not fully, autonomous
Romanian semiautonom
- semiautonompartially, but not fully, autonomous
Spanish semiautónomo
- semiautónomopartially, but not fully, autonomous
Turkish yarı özerk
- yarı özerkpartially, but not fully, autonomous
Welsh lled-ymreolus
- lled-ymreoluspartially, but not fully, autonomous
Cite this entry
semiautonomous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiautonomous
“semiautonomous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiautonomous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semiautonomous,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semiautonomous.
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