Where does “autopedophilia” come from?
autopedophilia (English) comes from English auto, from English automatic, from French automatique, from French automate, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος, from Ancient Greek μέμαα, from Ancient Greek μέμονα — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
autopedophilia (English): Paraphilic attraction to oneself envisioned as a child
Definitions
- Paraphilic attraction to oneself envisioned as a child
Ancestry of “autopedophilia”, step by step
autopedophilia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | auto | Clipping of automatic; An automobile; A setting... |
| 2 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 3 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 4 | French | automate | automaton |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via English pedophilia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pedophilia | Sexual attraction to children by adults; Sexual... |
| 2 | German | Pädophilie | pedophilia |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | παιδοφιλία | love of children |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | παιδόφῐλος | loving children |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | παῖς | child, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | pā́wits | child |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂wids | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |