autoprogressive
|au-to-pro-gres-sive|
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/ˌɔːtoʊprəˈɡrɛsɪv/
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/ˌɔːtəʊprəˈɡresɪv/
progressing by itself
Etymology
'autoprogressive' is formed in modern English by combining the prefix 'auto-' (from Greek 'autos', meaning 'self') with the adjective 'progressive' (from Latin/English roots meaning 'moving forward').
'auto-' originates from Greek 'autos' and entered English as a productive combining form; 'progressive' comes via Latin 'progressus' (from pro- 'forward' + gradi 'to step') through French/English. The compound 'autoprogressive' is a modern coinage formed by combining these elements in English.
Initially the elements meant 'self' and 'moving forward'; as a compound, the term evolved to denote either general self-driven progression or a technical grammatical notion of internally developing aspect.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
progressing or developing by itself; self-developing or self-propelling without external cause.
The device used an autoprogressive update routine that installed patches without user intervention.
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Adjective 2
in linguistics, describing an aspect or marker indicating that a state or action progressively comes into being by itself rather than through an external cause (akin to inchoative or middle meanings emphasizing internal development).
Some scholars have proposed an autoprogressive aspect in the language, marking verbs whose states develop without an external agent.
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