self-
English
Etymology
From Middle English self-, silf-, seolf-, from Old English self-, sylf-, seolf-, from Proto-Germanic *selba-, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz (“self”). Cognate with Dutch zelf-, German selbst-, Swedish själv-, Icelandic sjálf-. More at self.
Derived terms
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Derived terms
- self-absorbed
- self-addressed
- self-adjoint
- self-adjointness
- self-aggrandizement
- self-aggrandizing
- self-appointed
- self-assembly
- self-assertion
- self-assertive
- self-build
- self-built
- self-centered
- self-centeredness
- self-cleaning
- self-command
- self-confessed
- self-confidently
- self-congratulate
- self-congratulatory
- self-conjugate
- self-consciously
- self-consciousness
- self-contained
- self-contempt
- self-contradiction
- self-contradictory
- self-controlled
- self-criticism
- self-deal
- self-dealing
- self-defeating
- self-denying
- self-deprecation
- self-deprivation
- self-deprivations
- self-determined
- self-directed
- self-direction
- self-discipline
- self-disciplined
- self-drilling screw
- self-dual
- self-effacement
- self-effacing
- self-employed
- self-examination
- self-existent
- self-explanatory
- self-expression
- self-fulfilling prophecies
- self-fulfilling prophecy
- self-fulfillment
- self-governing
- self-government
- self-harm
- self-harmer
- self-hating
- self-hatred
- self-help
- self-induced
- self-inflicted
- self-injure
- self-injured
- self-injures
- self-injuring
- self-injury
- self-medication
- self-medicator
- self-motivated
- self-officiated
- self-pitying
- self-possessed
- self-propelled
- self-propelling
- self-protection
- self-publishing
- self-raising flour
- self-referential meaning
- self-regarding
- self-regenerating
- self-regulating
- self-regulation
- self-regulatory
- self-replicating
- self-reproach
- self-respecting
- self-rule
- self-sacrifices
- self-sacrificing
- self-same
- self-sealing
- self-seeking
- self-selections
- self-serve
- self-service
- self-serving
- self-similar
- self-similarities
- self-starting
- self-supporting
- self-sustaining
- self-synchronize
- self-tapping
- self-tapping screw
- self-tapping screws
- self-titled
- self-willed
- self-winding
Translations
of, by, in or with oneself or itself
Old English
Alternative forms
- seolf-, sylf-
Etymology
From pronoun self, seolf (“self”). More at self
Prefix
self-
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