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Automatic

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means operating independently of direct human control
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Stage 1 of 2
automatos
Greek · ancient
"acting of its own will"
literally self-acting, moving of its own accord
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Stage 2 of 2
automatic
English · 1700s
"operating without direct human control"
settled as the word for machines that operate without direct control
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