Etymology

semiautobiographical

Today it means: Partially, but not entirely, autobiographical Full definition →

English autobiographical ← Latin sēmi- ← Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sēmi
  3. Latinsēmi-
  4. Englishsemi-
  5. Englishautobiographical
  6. English todaysemiautobiographical

From semi- + autobiographical.

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