Where does “biografisk” come from?
biografisk (Swedish) comes from Swedish biografi, from Swedish bio, from Swedish biograf, from Swedish graf, from English graph, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
biografisk (Swedish): biographic
Ancestry of “biografisk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | biografi | a biography |
| 2 | Swedish | bio | cinema; the movies |
| 3 | Swedish | biograf | a cinema, a movie theatre; commonly contracted to... |
| 4 | Swedish | graf | graph, the set formula_1; graph; an ordered set ... |
| 5 | English | graph | A data chart intended to illustrate the... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |