- automaton (n.)
[automaton 词源字典]
- 1610s, from Latin automaton (Suetonius), from Greek automaton, neuter of automatos "self-acting," from autos "self" (see auto-) + matos "thinking, animated, willing," from PIE *mn-to-, from root *men- "to think" (see mind (n.)).[automaton etymology, automaton origin, 英语词源]