Hyphenation
au·ton·o·myTurkish pronunciation
ôtänımiPronunciation
/ôˈtänəmē/ /ɔːˈtɑːnəmiː/
Etymology
[ -mE ] (noun.) circa 1623. From Ancient Greek αὐτονομία (autonomia) from αὐτόνομος (autonomos) from αὐτός (autos, “self”) + νόμος (nomos, “law”). See auto- (“self”) and -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).