Where does “biografo” come from?
biografo (Esperanto) comes from New Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βίος, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeyh₃- — to live.
biografo (Esperanto): biographer
Definitions
- biographer
Ancestry of “biografo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | biographia | biography |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | βίος | life |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeyh₃- | to live |