Etymograph

English

self-refutation

From self- + refutation.

Formed from self- + refutation

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Middle French refutation

English refutation

Today it means

noun An act of self-refuting.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “self-refutation”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / self-refutation