Where does “autobiographicalness” come from?
autobiographicalness (English) comes from English autobiographical, from English autobiography, from English auto-, from English automatic, from French automatique, from French automate, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
autobiographicalness (English): The quality of being autobiographical
Definitions
- The quality of being autobiographical
Ancestry of “autobiographicalness”, step by step
autobiographicalness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English autobiographical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | autobiographical | Of or relating to a person's life or an account... |
| 2 | English | autobiography | A self-written biography; the story of one's own... |
| 3 | English | auto- | Regarding oneself; automatic; relating to cars or... |
| 4 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 5 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 6 | French | automate | automaton |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |