Where does “autostimulatory” come from?
autostimulatory (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,...
autostimulatory (English): That stimulates its own action
Definitions
- That stimulates its own action
Ancestry of “autostimulatory”, step by step
autostimulatory 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 stimulatory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stimulatory | stimulative; serving to stimulate |
| 2 | English | stimulate | To encourage into action; To arouse an organism... |
| 3 | Latin | stimulātus | stimulated |
| 4 | Latin | stimulō | to urge on, goad on, stimulate, rouse up |
| 5 | Latin | stimulus | a goad, prick; a sting; stimulus, incentive |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stey- | to stick; compress; condense |