Where does “autobiografisch” come from?
autobiografisch (German) comes from Dutch biografisch, from Dutch biografie, from French biographie, from Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφία, from Ancient Greek -γραφία, from Ancient Greek γραφή, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
autobiografisch (German): autobiographical
Definitions
- autobiographical
Ancestry of “autobiografisch”, step by step
autobiografisch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch biografisch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | biografisch | biographical |
| 2 | Dutch | biografie | biography |
| 3 | French | biographie | biography; first-person singular present... |
| 4 | Latin | biographia | biography |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βιογραφία | biography |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -γραφία | writing, drawing; -graphy, writing |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | γραφή | drawing; painting; writing, a writing |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via German biografisch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | biografisch | biographical |
| 2 | German | -isch | an adjectival suffix, often matching -ic and... |
| 3 | Middle High German | -isch | — |
| 4 | Old High German | -isc | used to form adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |