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Where does “autobiographique” come from?

autobiographique (French) comes from French autobiographie, 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...

autobiographique (French): autobiographical

Definitions

  1. autobiographical

Ancestry of “autobiographique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchautobiographieautobiography
2Frenchbiographiebiography; first-person singular present...
3Latinbiographiabiography
4Ancient Greekβιογραφία—
5Ancient Greek-γραφίαwriting, drawing; -graphy, writing
6Ancient Greekγραφήdrawing; painting; writing, a writing
7Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
8Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
10Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “autobiographique”

  • autobiographiquement
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