Question

biography origin word and the meaning of its origin word​

Answer 1

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1680s, "the histories of individual lives, as a branch of literature," probably from Medieval Latin biographia, from later Greek biographia "description of life" (which was not in classical Greek, bios alone being the word there for it), from Greek bios "life" (from PIE root *gwei- "to live") + graphia "record, account ...

Answer 2

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The root of all variations on biography is the Late Greek biographia, "description of life," from bio-, "life," and graphia, "record or account."