<link href="css/hmh.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:441fbaa5-6c58-4dd3-82cd-ceea8bd92448" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body><a id="p4"/> <p class="left sink">auto |</p> <p class="indent2">informal</p> <p class="indent2"><em>n.</em> a motor car.</p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <p class="left "><span class="smallcaps">ORIGIN</span> late 19th cent.: abbreviation of <span class="smallcaps">AUTOMOBILE</span>.</p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <p class="left ">auto- |</p> <p class="indent2">comb. form</p> <p class="indent2">self: <em>autoanalysis</em></p> <p class="indent2">• one’s own: <em>autobiography</em></p> <p class="indent2">• by oneself: <em>automatic</em></p> <p class="indent2">• by itself: <em>automaton</em></p> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <p class="left "><span class="smallcaps">ORIGIN</span> from Greek: <em>autos</em> <b>‘self.’</b></p> </body> </html>