Where does “autodidakták” come from?
autodidakták (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian autodidakta, from German Autodidakt, from Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
Ancestry of “autodidakták”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | autodidakta | self-taught, self-educated; autodidact, automath |
| 2 | German | Autodidakt | autodidact |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | αὐτοδίδακτος | self-taught |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |