Where does “autodidattismo” come from?
autodidattismo (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.
autodidattismo (Italian): self-education
Ancestry of “autodidattismo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | autodidatta | autodidact, self-taught person, automath |
| 2 | French | autodidacte | self-taught; autodidact |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | αὐτοδίδακτος | — |
| 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 | — |