biography
by-OG-ruh-fee · noun
Origin
English borrowed this word from New Latin biographia, which came from Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā), itself built from βίος (bíos, life) and -γραφία (-graphía, writing).
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Related words
It shares its second half, -γραφία (-graphía, writing), with any English word built from that same Greek root.
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From New Latin