Where does “autoclave” come from?

Autoclave comes from French autoclave, which combines French auto- from Ancient Greek αὐτός meaning "self" with French autoclave.

autoclave (English): A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for...

Definitions

  1. A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for...

Ancestry of “autoclave”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchautoclaveautoclave
2Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
3Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
4Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

Words derived from “autoclave”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew →Every word from Ancient Greek αὐτός →