Etymology of the English word biography
the English word
biographyderived 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-Derivations in English
autobiography,
biographee,
biographer,
biographical,
psychobiographyCognates
Dutch
biografie, French
biographie, German
Biographie, Italian
biografia, Lithuanian
biografijas, Norwegian
biografi, Polish
biografia, Russian
биoграфия, Spanish
biografía, Swedish
biografiUsage
Word found in Modern English
