Where does “autoanalyzer” come from?
autoanalyzer (English) comes from English auto, from English automatic, from French automatique, from French automate, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος, from Ancient Greek μέμαα, from Ancient Greek μέμονα — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Ancestry of “autoanalyzer”, step by step
autoanalyzer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | auto | Clipping of automatic; An automobile; A setting... |
| 2 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 3 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 4 | French | automate | automaton |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via English analyzer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | analyzer | an instrument for the analysis of something; a... |
| 2 | English | analyze | To subject to analysis; To resolve into its... |
| 3 | French | analyser | to analyse; to parse, to construe |
| 4 | French | analyse | analysis; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | analysis | analysis |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀνάλυσις | a loosing, releasing; a dissolving, resolution of... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀναλύω | to unloose, release, set free; I unravel,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀνά | on board; on, upon |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *aná | up, upon |