Where does “автономность” come from?
автономность (Russian) comes from Russian автоно́мный, 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 — to distribute; to give, to take.
автономность (Russian): autonomy
Ancestry of “автономность”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | автоно́мный | — |
| 2 | Russian | автоно́мия | — |
| 3 | Latin | autonomia | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | αὐτονομία | autonomy, independence, freedom |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτόνομος | subject only to one's own laws, independent; of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | νόμος | usage, custom; law, ordinance; melody, strain |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | νέμω | to deal out, distribute, dispense; to pasture or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | némos | sacrifice, worship; place of sacrifice, clearing |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | nem- | to distribute; to give, to take |