Where does “autobiografka” come from?
autobiografka (Polish) comes from German Autobiograf, from Dutch autobiograaf, from Dutch autobiografie, from French autobiographie, from French biographie, from Latin biographia, from Ancient Greek βιογραφία, from Ancient Greek -γραφία — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Ancestry of “autobiografka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Autobiograf | autobiographer |
| 2 | Dutch | autobiograaf | autobiographer |
| 3 | Dutch | autobiografie | autobiography |
| 4 | French | autobiographie | autobiography |
| 5 | French | biographie | biography; first-person singular present... |
| 6 | Latin | biographia | biography |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βιογραφία | biography |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -γραφία | writing, drawing; -graphy, writing |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γραφή | drawing; painting; writing, a writing |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |