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- 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-)
- Frenchauto-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Ancient Greekβιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)
- Latinbiographia
- Frenchbiographie
- Frenchautobiographie
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
- Proto-Italic*θingō
- Proto-Italic*fingō
- Latinfingō
- Latinfictiōnem
- Frenchfiction
- Frenchautofiction
- Englishautofiction
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- English todayautofictional
From auto- + fictional or autofiction + -al.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.