Where does “autocefalia” come from?
autocefalia (Italian) comes from Italian autocefalo, from Ancient Greek αὐτοκέφαλος, from Ancient Greek κεφαλή, from Latin Taxus, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω — to see, to look, to observe.
autocefalia (Italian): autocephaly
Definitions
- autocephaly
Ancestry of “autocefalia”, step by step
autocefalia traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian autocefalo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | autocefalo | autocephalous |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | αὐτοκέφαλος | politically independent |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κεφαλή | head; a person's life; the top-most part |
| 4 | Latin | Taxus | yew |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 6 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 7 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via Spanish auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | auto | car, automobile; order, writ, resolution |
| 2 | Spanish | automóvil | automobile |
| 3 | Russian | автомоби́ль | car, automobile, motorcar |
| 4 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 5 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |
via Spanish cefalia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cefalia | — |