Where does “autosuggestive” come from?
autosuggestive (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,...
autosuggestive (English): Employing autosuggestion
Definitions
- Employing autosuggestion
Ancestry of “autosuggestive”, step by step
autosuggestive 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 suggestive
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suggestive | Tending to suggest or imply; Suggesting romance,... |
| 2 | English | suggest | To imply but stop short of saying explicitly; To... |
| 3 | Latin | suggestus | elevated place made of materials poured out;... |
| 4 | Latin | suggerō | to carry, bring, put or lay under |
| 5 | Latin | gerō | to carry, bear |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | gezō | carry, bear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ǵ-es- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |