Where does “autostereographic” come from?
autostereographic (English) comes from English stereographic, from English stereography, from English stereo, from English stereotype, from French stéréotype, from French type, from Latin typus, from Ancient Greek τύπος — to push, to hit.
autostereographic (English): Relating to autostereograms
Definitions
- Relating to autostereograms
Ancestry of “autostereographic”, step by step
autostereographic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stereographic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stereographic | Of or pertaining to stereography |
| 2 | English | stereography | Any technique for representing solid objects in... |
| 3 | English | stereo | A system of recording or reproducing sound that... |
| 4 | English | stereotype | A conventional, formulaic, and often... |
| 5 | French | stéréotype | A stereotype, as in conventional, formulaic, and... |
| 6 | French | type | type; sort, kind; guy, bloke, man; typeface |
| 7 | Latin | typus | figure, image; type, form, sort, kind; form,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
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,... |