Where does “autocategorize” come from?
autocategorize (English) comes from English categorize, from English category, from French catégorie, from German Kategorie, from Italian categoria, from Spanish categoría, from Portuguese categoria, from Late Latin categoria — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
autocategorize (English): To automatically categorize
Definitions
- To automatically categorize
Ancestry of “autocategorize”, step by step
autocategorize traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English categorize
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | categorize | To assign a category; to divide into classes |
| 2 | English | category | A group, often named or numbered, to which items... |
| 3 | French | catégorie | category |
| 4 | German | Kategorie | category |
| 5 | Italian | categoria | category, topic; class |
| 6 | Spanish | categoría | category; standing, regard |
| 7 | Portuguese | categoria | category |
| 8 | Late Latin | categoria | class of predicables; accusation; predicament |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορία | charge, accusation; predication, category |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | κατηγορέω | to speak against, especially before judges, to... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -έω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |
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,... |