Where does “autolayout” come from?

autolayout (English) comes from English layout, from English lay out, from English lay, from English Lee, from Irish Laoi, from Middle Irish láed, from English loid, from English celluloid.

autolayout (English): layout

Definitions

  1. layout

Ancestry of “autolayout”, step by step

autolayout traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English layout

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlayoutA structured arrangement of items within certain...
2Englishlay outTo expend or contribute money to an expense or...
3EnglishlayTo place down in a position of rest, or in a...
4EnglishLeefor someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag)
5IrishLaoilay, song
6Middle Irishláed
7EnglishloidA lock-picking tool made from a piece of...
8EnglishcelluloidAny of a variety of thermoplastics created from...
9EnglishcelluloseA complex carbohydrate that forms the main...
10Frenchcellulosecellulose
11Frenchcellulecell; table cell
12Latincellulasmall room, especially that of a slave; humble...
13Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
14Proto-Italic-olos
15Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
16Proto-Indo-European-e-lós

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 -e-lós