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> Auto in auto-immunity is not the "auto" from "automatic" (which is also from the Greek auto meaning self)

• czrnb 5y ago
  I think GP meant it's not shorthand for automatic
  • coldtea 5y ago
    Yep. Automatic, autonomous, all are from auto (self), automatic being "doing by itself", autonomous being "governing itself" (or "self-sufficient"), etc.