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Where does “biyografi” come from?

biyografi (Haitian Creole) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

biyografi (Haitian Creole): biography

Definitions

  1. biography

Ancestry of “biyografi”, step by step

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