Etymograph

English

Obamaton

Blend of Obama + automaton.

A blend of Obama + automaton

Luo obam ‘to lean or bend’

Luo Mobam

English Obama

Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think’

Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós

Proto-Hellenic *mətós

Ancient Greek αὐτόματος ‘self moving, self willed’

Ancient Greek αὐτόματον

English automaton

Today it means

noun A person who follows U.S. president Barack Obama blindly.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Obamaton