myEtymology.com: English etymology of autohypnosis

Etymology of the English word autohypnosis

the English word autohypnosis

using the English prefix auto-

derived from the Late Greek word autos, αὐτός (self)

derived from the English word hypnosis

derived from the English word hypnotic

derived from the French word hypnotique

derived from the Latin word hypnoticus

derived from the Greek word hupnotikos, ὑπνωτικός

derived from the Greek word hupnoun

derived from the Greek word hupnos, ὕπνος (sleep; spiritual torpor)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep-

derived from the Greek word upnoo

using the English suffix -osis

Word found in Modern English