Where does “автоно́мный” come from?
автоно́мный (Russian) comes from Russian автоно́мия, from Latin autonomia, 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.
автоно́мный (Russian): autonomous
Definitions
- autonomous
Ancestry of “автоно́мный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | автоно́мия | autonomy |
| 2 | Latin | autonomia | — |
| 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 |