English
manumaticmanumatic
Blend of manual + automatic.
A blend of manual + automatic
Proto-Italic *manus ‘hand’
Latin manus ‘hand’
Late Latin manuālis ‘handbook, manual’
Old French manuel
Middle English manuel
English manual
Ancient Greek αὐτόματος ‘self-moving, self-acting’
Ancient Greek αὐτόματον
Classical Latin automatum ‘automaton’
New Latin automaticus
English automatic
Today it means
adj Describing any of several forms of motor car transmission that have both manual and automatic features.
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Etymograph / manumatic
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