myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of autobiografia

Etymology of the Italian word autobiografia

the Italian word autobiografia

derived from the Italian word biografia

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-

using the Italian prefix auto-

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

derived from the Greek word akos, ἄκος

using the Greek suffix -oide