Meaning of the root word biography
Meaning of the root word biography
Root word prefix!
biographynoun
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun biography. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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Earliest known use
mid s
The earliest known use of the noun biography is in the mid s.
OED's earliest evidence for biography is from , in the writing of John Fell, bishop of Oxford.
biography is a borrowing from Latin.
Etymons:Latinbiographia.
Nearby entries
- biognosy, n
- biograph, n–
- biograph, v–
- biographee, n–
- biographer, n–
- biographic, adj–
- biographical, adj–
- biographically, adv.?–
- biographist, n.a–
- biographize, v&nda