Where does “autonowashing” come from?
autonowashing (English) comes from English autonomous, from English autonomy, from Ancient Greek αὐτονομῐ́ᾱ, from Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος, from Ancient Greek νόμος, from Ancient Greek νέμω, from Proto-Indo-European némos, from Proto-Indo-European nem- — to distribute; to give, to take.
autonowashing (English): The practice of making unverified or misleading claims which misrepresent the appropriate level of human supervision required by a partially or semi-autonomous product, service, or technology
Definitions
- The practice of making unverified or misleading claims which misrepresent the appropriate level of human supervision required by a partially or semi-autonomous product, service, or technology
Ancestry of “autonowashing”, step by step
autonowashing traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English autonomous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | autonomous | Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient,... |
| 2 | English | autonomy | Self-government; freedom to act or function... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | αὐτονομῐ́ᾱ | autonomy, independence, freedom to use its own laws |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόνομος | subject only to one's own laws, independent; of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | νόμος | usage, custom; law, ordinance; melody, strain |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | νέμω | to deal out, distribute, dispense; to pasture or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | némos | sacrifice, worship; place of sacrifice, clearing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nem- | to distribute; to give, to take |
via English wash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wash | To clean with water; To move or erode by the... |
| 2 | Middle English | washen | — |
| 3 | Old English | wasċan | to wash |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | waskan | to wash |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | waskaną | to wash |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | watskaną | to wash, get wet |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enk- | curve, bend |