English
self-interpreter
From self- + interpreter.
Formed from self- + interpreter
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to sell, traffic in’
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Latin interpretātus ‘explained, translated’
Late Latin interpretātōr ‘explainer, interpreter’
Old French interpreteur
Middle English interpreter
English interpreter
Today it means
noun That which interprets itself.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / self-interpreter