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SELF,
AUTO-

Illustrations of English words
derived from the Greek in the New Testament.

Greek: auto G846 'self' illustrated

Gaylon West.



History of English word
auto- word-forming element meaning "self, one's own, by oneself," from Greek auto- "self, one's own," combining form of autos "self, same," of unknown origin. Before a vowel, aut-; before an aspirate, auth-. In Greek also used as a prefix to proper names, as in automelinna "Melinna herself." The opposite prefix would be allo-.
- http://www.etymonline.com/

Thayer Definition:
1) himself, herself, themselves, itself 2) he, she, it 3) the same
Part of Speech: pronoun
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from the particle au [perhaps akin to the base of G109 through the idea of a baffling wind] (backward)

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