No, auto is a root word. It means of self.
The root is the prefix.Examples:Auto (automobile, autotech, autobot.. lol)Circum (circumstance, circumsize, circumvent)
Ones self.auto- means "self" automobile lit. suited for moving self, autocrat lit. self govern or rule. (auto- is not necessarily a prefix but more a word part)
The prefix auto- means by its own means, or automatically.The term auto meaning a car is short for "automobile" (moves itself).
As a prefix, "auto-" means "self. Words that start with "auto-" include: * automobile * automatic * autonomy/autonomous * autobiography * automat
"Auto" is obviously short for "automobile". The term came from the Greek prefix "auto" meaning "self" and the Latin-derived "mobile" for movement. An "automobile" was therefore a "self-moving" device because it didn't need a horse or other external means of propulsion.
"Auto" is a prefix and an abbreviation. It has now been in use as a word by itself.Auto can meana motor vehicle with four wheels (automobile)without the effort or intervention of a human, as in auto-pilot in a plane or auto-transmission in a car (here it is used as a prefix)
The word auto is a noun, a common, singular, concrete noun. The word auto comes from the word automobile. Auto is also a prefix (meaning 'self') for many words such as automatic, autograph, or autobiography;
The word "auto" is short for "automobile" (car). As a prefix, it means "by or within itself" so that we have words such as autobiography (written by the subject) and autoimmune diseases, where the body's own defenses attack its tissues.
The possessive form for the noun automobile is automobile's.
No, but it does contain one: mobilis, "movable", which in turn comes from the verb movere, "to move" (via movibilis; Latin 'v' between vowels had a tendency to disappear).The prefix auto-, on the other hand, is of Greek origin and means "self". An automobile is so named because it moves itself, rather than being pulled by an animal as earlier forms of private transportation were.
Prefix=IN
The prefix for inadequate is in-. The prefix in- means not.