Where does “autonomist” come from?
autonomist (Romanian) comes from French autonomiste, from French autonomie, from Ancient Greek αὐτονομία, from Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος, from Ancient Greek νόμος, from Ancient Greek νέμω, from Proto-Indo-European némos, from Proto-Indo-European nem- — to distribute; to give, to take.
autonomist (Romanian): autonomist
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- autonomist
Ancestry of “autonomist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | autonomiste | autonomist |
| 2 | French | autonomie | autonomy; battery life |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | αὐτονομία | autonomy, independence, freedom |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόνομος | subject only to one's own laws, independent; of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | νόμος | usage, custom; law, ordinance; melody, strain |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | νέμω | to deal out, distribute, dispense; to pasture or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | némos | sacrifice, worship; place of sacrifice, clearing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nem- | to distribute; to give, to take |