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Where does “autodidatta” come from?

autodidatta (Italian) comes from French autodidacte, from Ancient Greek αὐτοδίδακτος, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe.

autodidatta (Italian): autodidact, self-taught person, automath

Definitions

  1. autodidact, self-taught person, automath

Ancestry of “autodidatta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchautodidacteself-taught; autodidact
2Ancient Greekαὐτοδίδακτος—
3Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
4Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰe—

Words derived from “autodidatta”

  • autodidattico
  • autodidattismo
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