Etymology

autobiografiction

Today it means: Fiction containing autobiographical elements. Full definition →

English fiction ← Middle English ficcioun ← Old French ficcion
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Englishauto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  11. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  13. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  14. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  15. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  16. Ancient Greekβιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)
  17. New Latinbiographia
  18. Englishbiography
  19. Englishautobiography
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  22. Proto-Italic*θingō
  23. Proto-Italic*fingō
  24. Latinfingō
  25. Latinfictiō
  26. Old Frenchficcion
  27. Middle Englishficcioun
  28. Englishfiction
  29. English todayautobiografiction

Blend of autobiography + fiction.

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