Where does “Autobiograf” come from?
Autobiograf (German) comes from Dutch autobiograaf, from Dutch autobiografie, from French autobiographie, from French biographie, from Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφία, from Ancient Greek -γραφία, from Ancient Greek γραφή — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Autobiograf (German): autobiographer
Definitions
- autobiographer
Ancestry of “Autobiograf”, step by step
Autobiograf traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch autobiograaf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | autobiograaf | autobiographer |
| 2 | Dutch | autobiografie | autobiography |
| 3 | French | autobiographie | autobiography |
| 4 | French | biographie | biography; first-person singular present... |
| 5 | Latin | biographia | biography |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | βιογραφία | biography |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -γραφία | writing, drawing; -graphy, writing |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γραφή | drawing; painting; writing, a writing |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Polish autobiografia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | autobiografia | autobiography |
| 2 | Polish | biografia | biography |
via German biograf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | biograf | biographer male or of unspecified gender |