Etymology
auto-, learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”)
+ biography, from New Latin biographia, formed from Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).
Noun
autobiography (countable and uncountable, plural autobiographies)
- (countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
- (uncountable) Biographies of this kind regarded as a literary genre.
Derived terms
- autobiographical
Related terms
- biography
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