Where does “automaticity” come from?
Automaticity derives from English automatic plus the English suffix -ity, tracing back through French automatique and Latin -itas to Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, meaning self-acting or spontaneous.
automaticity (English): The ability to do things without occupying the...
Definitions
- The ability to do things without occupying the...
Ancestry of “automaticity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 2 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 3 | French | automate | automaton |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |