autopsy
/ˈɔːˌtɒpsi/AW-top-see
/ˈɔˌtɑpsi/AW-tahp-see
Meaningseeing for oneself
Common meaning: an examination of a dead body
- autoself; the sameLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 135 · scan
- opsto do with seeing; sightLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1065 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘self’ + ‘to do with seeing’ → autopsy
Journey through time
- auto — Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) “self; the same” (path traced)
- ops — Greek ὀπτικός; ὄψις “to do with seeing; sight” (path traced)
- Greekαὐτός (autós) + ὀπτικός; ὄψις‘self + to do with seeing’
- Englishautopsy‘an examination of a dead body’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) ‘self; the same’ + Greek ὀπτικός; ὄψις ‘to do with seeing; sight’.
Did you know (Greek autos, "self",…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry αὐτός (autós), p. 135 · dictionary scan
Did you know (Greek ops, sight,…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry ὀπτικός, p. 1065 · dictionary scan
Roots
- αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek “self; the same”
- ὀπτικός; ὄψις Greek “to do with seeing; sight”
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