Etymology of the English word autonomy
the English word autonomy
derived from the Greek word autonomia, αὐτονομία
derived from the Greek word autonomos, αὐτόνομος
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))