The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Proto-Indo-European*tó-
- Proto-Hellenic*autós
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
- Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
- Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
- Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
- Englishauto-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Ancient Greekβιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)
- New Latinbiographia
- Englishbiography
- Englishautobiography
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
- Proto-Italic*θingō
- Proto-Italic*fingō
- Latinfingō
- Latinfictiō
- Old Frenchficcion
- Middle Englishficcioun
- Englishfiction
- English todayautobiografiction
Blend of autobiography + fiction.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.