Pronounced: sa-puh-NAY-shuhs
Notes: Neat word, but probably of limited use
Yesterday’s word
The word autokinesy means “self-propelled or self-directed motion or energy”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1600s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Greek words auto- (self) and kinein (to move). I recognized the auto- prefix when I saw the word, but I did not recognize the other part when I first saw our word. I should have recognized the second part – the same source as our word “kinetic”.
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