Where does “biografie” come from?
biografie (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch biografie, from French biographie, from Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφία, from Ancient Greek -γραφία, from Ancient Greek γραφή, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
biografie (Afrikaans): biography
Definitions
- biography
Ancestry of “biografie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | biografie | biography |
| 2 | French | biographie | biography; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Latin | biographia | biography |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βιογραφία | biography |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -γραφία | writing, drawing; -graphy, writing |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γραφή | drawing; painting; writing, a writing |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |