Where does “autofiction” come from?
autofiction (French) comes from French fiction, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
autofiction (French): faction
Definitions
- faction
Ancestry of “autofiction”, step by step
autofiction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French fiction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fiction | fiction |
| 2 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French autobiographie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | autobiographie | autobiography |
| 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... |