biography
/baɪˈɒɡrəfi/·바이오그래피·noun
an account of someone's life
GreekCEFR B1
Root
bio- (life) + Greek 'graphein' (to write)
Greek bios (life) + graphein (write) → Late Greek biographia → French biographie → English biography
In a word
bio (life) + graphy (writing) = 'a life written down'. Write your own, add auto (self), and you get autobiography. The same bio walks again in biology — the study of life. The idea of packing a whole life into one book — Greek taught it first.
Examples
She is writing a biography of Marie Curie.
I read his biography last summer.
The biography reveals unknown details.
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