Exploring the Root Word 'Auto' and Its Meanings

The video tutorial introduces Latin and Greek root words, focusing on 'auto' meaning 'self'. It explains how combining 'auto' with other roots forms words like 'automobile', 'autograph', 'autobiography', 'autocrat', and 'automatic', each with distinct meanings related to self-movement, self-writing, life writing, self-rule, and self-will. A fun fact about autopilot in airplanes is also shared.

What does the root word 'Auto' mean?

• Move

• Self

• Life

• Rule

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Which word is formed by combining 'Auto' and 'mob'?

• Autocrat

• Automobile

• Autobiography

• Autograph

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What does 'autograph' mean?

• Self-movement

• Self-life

• Self-writing

• Self-rule

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Which root word combination means 'write about your life'?

• Auto + mob

• Auto + crat

• Auto + graph

• Auto + bio + graphy

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What does 'autobiography' mean?

• Write about your life

• Self-rule

• Self-movement

• Self-writing

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What is the meaning of 'autocrat'?

• Self-rule

• Self-life

• Self-writing

• Self-movement

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What does 'automatic' mean?

• Self-rule

• Self-writing

• Self-willed

• Self-life

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