myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of biografia

Etymology of the Italian word biografia

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-