autoformat

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew

Proto-Indo-European *tó-

Proto-Hellenic *autós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.

Ancient Greek αὖ (aû)

Ancient Greek τόν (tón)

Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós)

Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós

Proto-Hellenic *mətós

Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)

Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)der.

Classical Latin automatum

New Latin automaticusbor.

English automaticclip.

English auto-

English format

English autoformat

From auto- + format.

Pronunciation

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Verb

autoformat (third-person singular simple present autoformats, present participle autoformatting, simple past and past participle autoformatted)

1. (computing, transitive) To format (a document, etc.) automatically.
2. (computing, transitive) To automatically prepare (a mass storage medium) for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process, without requiring a prompt from the user to do so.

Translations

Translations

• French: autoformater (fr)