Etymology of the English word autonomous
the English word
autonomousderived from the Greek word
autonomos, αὐτόνομος
derived from the Late Greek word
autos, αὐτός (self)
using the Greek prefix
auto-, αὐτο-
derived from the Late Greek word
autos, αὐτός (self)
derived from the Greek word
nomos, νόμος (law; name; law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle))
derived from the Greek word
nemein, νέμω
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nem-Date
The earliest known usage of autonomous in English dates from the 19th century.
Derivations in English
semiautonomousCognates
French
autonome, German
autonom, Italian
autonomo, Lithuanian
autonominis, Russian
aвтoномныйUsage
Word found in Modern English
