英语词源字典 - 在线词源网站

autodidact (n.)[autodidact 词源字典]: 1746, from Greek autodidaktos "self-taught" (see autodidactic). [autodidact etymology, autodidact origin, 英语词源]
autodidactic (adj.): "self-taught," 1838, from Greek autodidaktikos "self-taught," from autos "self" (see auto-) + didaktos "taught" (see didactic).
automath: "A person who is self-taught; an autodidact", Mid 18th cent.; earliest use found in Edward Young (bap. 1683, d. 1765), writer. From Hellenistic Greek αὐτομαθής self-taught from ancient Greek αὐτο- + μάθη learning.