Where does “biographical” come from?
Biographical derives from English biography plus the suffix -ic, from Ancient Greek βίος meaning "life" and Latin -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- "to live" and the suffix -kos.
biographical (English): of or relating to an account of a person's life
Definitions
- of or relating to an account of a person's life
Ancestry of “biographical”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | biography | A person's life story, especially one published;... |
| 2 | New Latin | biographia | biography |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βίος | life |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeyh₃- | to live |
Words derived from “biographical”