self-government

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swé?

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *selbaz

Old English self

Old English self-

Middle English self-

English self-

Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō)bor.

Latin gubernāre

Old French governer

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -ment

Old French governementbor.

Middle English governement

English government

English self-government

From self- + government.

Pronunciation

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Noun

self-government (uncountable)

1. The governance of a region by its own populace; autonomy.

   The radical party agitated for the region to secede from the confederation and establish self-government.

2. (dated) Personal self-control.

Synonyms

• self-governance
• (political): self-rule

Translations

governance of a region by its own populace

• Danish: selvstyre n
• Esperanto: memregado
• Finnish: itsehallinto (fi)
• Galician: goberno autónomo m
• Georgian: თვითმმართველობა (tvitmmartveloba)
• Greek: αυτοκυβέρνηση (el) f (aftokyvérnisi)
• Hindi: स्वराज्य (hi) m (svarājya), आत्मशासन (hi) m (ātmaśāsan)
• Irish: féinrialtas m, féinrialú m, féinriail f
• Lithuanian: savivalda (lt) f
• Norman: gouvèrnément dé sé m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvstyre n

• Polish: samorząd (pl) m
• Portuguese: governo autônomo m
• Russian: самоуправление (ru) n (samoupravlenije)
• Spanish: autogobierno (es) m
• Swedish: självstyre (sv) n, autonomi (sv) c
• Welsh: hunanlywodraeth (cy)