Etymology

biography

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Today it means: A person's life story, especially one published. Full definition →

New Latin biographia ← Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
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  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. English todaybiography

Borrowed from New Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā), from βίος (bíos, life) + -γραφία (-graphía, writing).

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