Where does “unautomatable” come from?
unautomatable (English) comes from English automatable, from English automate, from English automation, from English automatic, from French automatique, from French automate, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
unautomatable (English): Unable to be automated; not automatable
Definitions
- Unable to be automated; not automatable
Ancestry of “unautomatable”, step by step
unautomatable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English automatable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | automatable | able to be automated |
| 2 | English | automate | To replace or enhance human labor with machines |
| 3 | English | automation | The act or process of converting the controlling... |
| 4 | English | automatic | Capable of operating without external control or... |
| 5 | French | automatique | automatic |
| 6 | French | automate | automaton |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματον | accident, mere chance |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόματος | self-willed, unbidden; self-moving,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μέμαα | to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | μέμονα | to be minded or inclined; to be eager; to hasten |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | memóne | to think, to be mindful; to remember |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |