Where does “autotransplant” come from?
autotransplant (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,...
autotransplant (English): autotransplantation; To transplant from one part...
Definitions
- autotransplantation; To transplant from one part...
Ancestry of “autotransplant”, step by step
autotransplant 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 transplant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | transplant | To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place |
| 2 | Middle English | transplaunten | — |
| 3 | Old French | transplanter | — |
| 4 | Latin | transplantare | present active infinitive of trānsplantō;... |