Where does “autogrooming” come from?

autogrooming (English) comes from English grooming, from English groom, from English bridegroom, from Middle English brydgrome, from Middle English bridegome, from Old English brȳdguma, from Proto-West Germanic *brūdigumō, from Proto-Germanic brūdigumô.

autogrooming (English): The grooming of an animal by itself

Definitions

  1. The grooming of an animal by itself

Ancestry of “autogrooming”, step by step

autogrooming traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English grooming

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgroomingpresent participle of groom; Care for one's...
2EnglishgroomA man who is about to marry; A person who cares...
3EnglishbridegroomA man in the context of his own wedding; one who...
4Middle EnglishbrydgromeAlternative form of bridegome
5Middle EnglishbridegomeA groom; a man recently married or to be married;...
6Old Englishbrȳdgumabridegroom
7Proto-West Germanic*brūdigumōbridegroom, husband of the bride
8Proto-Germanicbrūdigumôbridegroom, husband of the bride
9Proto-Germanicgumôman
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰǵʰm̥mōearthling, human
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
12Proto-Indo-European-ōmemphatic suffix or postpositive particle
13Proto-Indo-European-mi

via English auto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishautoClipping of automatic; An automobile; A setting...
2EnglishautomaticCapable of operating without external control or...
3Frenchautomatiqueautomatic
4Frenchautomateautomaton
5Ancient Greekαὐτόματονaccident, mere chance
6Ancient Greekαὐτόματοςself-willed, unbidden; self-moving,...
7Ancient Greekμέμααto wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire
8Ancient Greekμέμοναto be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmemóneto think, to be mindful; to remember
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mi