biographical

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
2. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
3. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
4. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
5. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
6. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
7. Ancient Greekβιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)
8. New Latinbiographia
9. Englishbiography
10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
12. English todaybiographical

From biography + -ical.