Etymology

psychobiography

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Today it means: A biography that emphasises the psychological aspects of its subject. Full definition →

English biography ← New Latin biographia ← Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)
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  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  5. Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  8. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  9. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  10. Ancient Greekβιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)
  11. New Latinbiographia
  12. Englishbiography
  13. English todaypsychobiography

From psycho- + biography.

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