autobiographer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English auto-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.

Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō

Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)

Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía)

Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)der.

New Latin biographiabor.

English biography

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzijos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English biographer

English autobiographer

From auto- + biographer.

Noun

autobiographer (plural autobiographers)

1. One who writes his or her own life or biography.

Synonyms

• autobiographist

Translations

one who writes his or her own biography

• Catalan: autobiògraf m
• German: Autobiograf (de) m
• Irish: dírbheathaisnéisí m
• Polish: autobiograf (pl) m, autobiografka (pl) f
• Romanian: autobiograf m
• Spanish: autobiógrafo m

References

• “autobiographer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.