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Where does “autodidattico” come from?

autodidattico (Italian) comes from Italian autodidatta, 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.

autodidattico (Italian): self-teaching, self-taught, autodidactic; Synonym...

Definitions

  1. self-teaching, self-taught, autodidactic; Synonym...

Ancestry of “autodidattico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianautodidattaautodidact, self-taught person, automath
2Frenchautodidacteself-taught; autodidact
3Ancient Greekαὐτοδίδακτος—
4Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
5Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰe—
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