#105 auto as prefix - autocracy

auto as prefix, from Greek autos- self

- As I go through the dictionary, I see the prefixes jump out at me. When one knows 'auto' means self, then so many words make sense:

autobiography, autocracy, autohynosis, autokinetic...

The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. ~ Otto Kahn

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