αὐτόνομος
Ancient Greek
adj-1&2
Definitions
- subject only to one's own laws, independent
- of one's own free will
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek νόμος (law, custom, ordinance, melody).
Origin
Ancient Greek
νόμος
Gloss
law, custom, ordinance, melody
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -nomics English
- -nomy English
- autonomy English
- nomism English
- nomo- English
- -nomi Finnish
- nomismi Finnish
- autonomia Latin
- autonómia Hungarian
- autonomamente Italian
- autonomia Italian
- autonomico Italian
- autonomo Italian
- semiautonomo Italian
- termoautonomo Italian
- autonomie Dutch, Flemish
- autonoom Dutch, Flemish
- autonomie French
- autonomismo Spanish, Castilian
- autonomía Spanish, Castilian
- autónomamente Spanish, Castilian
- autónomo Spanish, Castilian
- αὐτονομία Ancient Greek
- γυναικονόμος Ancient Greek
- εὐνομέομαι Ancient Greek
- νομίζω Ancient Greek
- νομικός Ancient Greek
- νομοθέτης Ancient Greek
- νομοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- νόμος Ancient Greek
- παιδονόμος Ancient Greek
- χειρονόμος Ancient Greek
- ἀστρονομία Ancient Greek
- ἄνομος Ancient Greek
- ἰσονομία Ancient Greek
- *nem- Proto-Indo-European
- autonomi Norwegian Bokmål
- autonomi Norwegian Nynorsk
- iseanóimeacht Irish
- نَامُوس Arabic
- Δευτερονόμιο Greek (modern)
- νόμος Greek (modern)
- otonom Indonesian
- אוטונומיה Hebrew (modern)
- ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ Coptic
- אבטוניות Aramaic
- נמוסא Aramaic
- ܢܳܡܘܿܣܳܐ Classical Syriac
- autōnōmijŏ Silesian
- 𐫗𐫇𐫖 Sogdian
- ᠨᠤᠮ Old Uyghur