myEtymology.com: English etymology of autobiography

Etymology of the English word autobiography

the English word autobiography

using the English prefix auto-

derived from the Late Greek word autos, αὐτός (self)

derived from the English word biography

derived from the Late Greek word biographia, βιογραφία, βιογραϕία

using the Greek prefix bio-, βιο-

derived from the Late Greek word bios, βίος (life; life; the present state of existence; by implication, the means of livelihood)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷei- (to live)

using the Greek suffix -graphia, -γραφία, -γραϕία

derived from the Greek word graphein, γράφω (to draw)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gerbh-

Word found in Modern English