English
autodifferentiation
Autodifferentiation comes from Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος ‘self-willed, unbidden’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mn̥tósreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*mətósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαὐτόμᾰτοςautómătos‘self-willed, unbidden’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEαὐτόμᾰτονautómăton
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEautomatum
- New Latinmodernautomaticus
- English1500–presentautomatic
- Englishearliest quotation 1981autodifferentiation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*men-‘to think, mind’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mn̥tósreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*mətósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαὐτόμᾰτοςautómătos‘self-willed, unbidden’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEαὐτόμᾰτονautómăton
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEautomatum
- New Latinmodernautomaticus
- English1500–presentautomatic
- Englishearliest quotation 1981autodifferentiation
Earliest quotation: 1981, C. R. Austin, Colin Russell Austin: “Spermatogenic cells appear to be incapable of autodifferentiation in…”
A compound of auto- ‘automatic’ + differentiation
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew ‘again’
Ancient Greek αὖ ‘Again, anew, afresh, in turn’
Ancient Greek τόν
Ancient Greek αὐτός ‘self’
English auto-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
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Latin ferō ‘carry, bear’
Latin differō ‘carry apart, put off, defer’
Old French differer ‘to differ’
Middle English differen
English differentiation
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think, mind’
money, music, mind, amount, remain, mouth, museum, comment, mountain, min, mount, permanent, monster, mention, monitor, monetary, maya, monk, mint, demonstration, amnesty, mentor, monument, muse, mosaic, ming, mas, mandarin, imminent, monte, monastery, prominence, summon, menace, mantra, dementia, eminent, mania, manic, monstrous, 124 more
through Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós
through Proto-Hellenic *mətós
through Classical Latin automatum
Another origin of autodifferentiation
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ew‘again’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαὖaû‘Again, anew, afresh, in turn’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEτόνtón
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEαὐτόςautós‘self’
- Englishtodayautodifferentiation
Today it means
noun The automatic differentiation of a function by a computer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *men- / autodifferentiation