Where does “жизнеописание” come from?
жизнеописание (Russian) comes from Russian описа́ние, from Russian описа́ть, from Russian писа́ть, from German pissen, from Middle Low German pissen, from Dutch pissen, from Middle Dutch pissen, from Old French pissier — I piss.
жизнеописание (Russian): biography, life
Ancestry of “жизнеописание”, step by step