Where does “autografia” come from?
autografia (Italian) comes from French autographier, from French autographie, from French -graphie, from Latin -graphia, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
autografia (Italian): autograph
Definitions
- autograph
Ancestry of “autografia”, step by step
autografia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French autographier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | autographier | To autograph |
| 2 | French | autographie | autography; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | -graphie | -graphy |
| 4 | Latin | -graphia | -graphy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |