Where does “autoscopy” come from?
autoscopy (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,...
autoscopy (English): The experience of seeing one's body from the...
Definitions
- The experience of seeing one's body from the...
Ancestry of “autoscopy”, step by step
autoscopy 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 scopy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scopy | Alternative form of scopey |
| 2 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 3 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 4 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 5 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 7 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 8 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 9 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |