quword 趣词
Word Origins Dictionary
- automate (v.)




- "to convert to automatic operation," 1954, back-formation from automated (q.v.). Ancient Greek verb automatizein meant "to act of oneself, to act unadvisedly." Related: Automating.
- inconsiderate (adj.)




- late 15c., "done thoughtlessly," literally "not properly considered," from Latin inconsideratus "headstrong, unadvised, thoughtless," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + consideratus (see consider). Related: Inconsiderately; inconsiderateness.
- unadvertised (adj.)




- mid-15c., "uninformed, unadvised," from un- (1) + advertised. Sense of "not announced or made known" is from 1864.