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Etymology of the English word semiautonomous

the English word semiautonomous

derived from the English word autonomous

derived 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-

using the English prefix semi-

Usage

Word found in Modern English