Etymology

autographic

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Today it means: Containing or relating to an autograph. Full definition →

English autograph ← Latin autographum ← Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφος (autógraphos)
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The story

  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. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  11. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  12. Ancient Greekαὐτόγραφον (autógraphon)
  13. Ancient Greekαὐτόγραφος (autógraphos)
  14. Latinautographus
  15. Latinautographum
  16. Englishautograph
  17. English todayautographic

From autograph + -ic.

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