Where does “semiautomate” come from?
semiautomate (English) comes from English automate, from English automation, from English automatic, from French automatique, from French automate, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος, from Ancient Greek μέμαα — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
semiautomate (English): To automate to some degree, without entirely...
Definitions
- To automate to some degree, without entirely...
Ancestry of “semiautomate”, step by step
semiautomate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English automate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | automate | To replace or enhance human labor with machines |
| 2 | English | automation | The act or process of converting the controlling... |
| 3 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 4 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 5 | French | automate | automaton |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |