Meanings
adjectiveautofictional (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to autofiction.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Proto-Indo-European*tó-
- Proto-Hellenic*autós
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
- Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
- Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
- Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
- Frenchauto-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβίος (bíos)
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Ancient Greekβιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)
- Latinbiographia
- Frenchbiographie
- Frenchautobiographie
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
- Proto-Italic*θingō
- Proto-Italic*fingō
- Latinfingō
- Latinfictiōnem
- Frenchfiction
- Frenchautofiction
- Englishautofiction
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishautofictional
From auto- + fictional or autofiction + -al.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French autofictionnel
- autofictionnelTranslations
Swedish autofiktiv
- autofiktivTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
autofictional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autofictional
MLA
“autofictional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autofictional. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autofictional,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autofictional.
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