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Where does “αὐτοεπιθυμία” come from?

αὐτοεπιθυμία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe.

αὐτοεπιθυμία (Ancient Greek): the Form of Desire

Definitions

  1. the Form of Desire

Ancestry of “αὐτοεπιθυμία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
2Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰe—
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