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

  1. biographer

Ancestry of “biografo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinbiographiabiography
2Ancient Greekβίοςlife
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeyh₃-to live
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeyh₃-Every word from Ancient Greek βίοςEvery word from New Latin biographia