autograph

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈɔtəˌɡræf/ UK /ˈɔːtəɡrɑːf/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person's own signature, especially a celebrity's

The fans lined up for the actor's autograph.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person's own signature,... signature sign inscribe subscribe

Word family

Derived forms autographicautographedautographing

Related forms graph graphic photograph biography

Etymology

From Latin autographum ('something written in one's own hand'), from Ancient Greek autographos, from autos ('self') + graphein ('to write').

autographos Ancient Greek autos Ancient Greek graphein Ancient Greek

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Topics

People & Society

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# autograph

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɔtəˌɡræf/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɔːtəɡrɑːf/

## Meanings
1. a person's own signature, especially a celebrity's

## Examples
- The fans lined up for the actor's autograph.

## Synonyms
- signature
- sign
- inscribe
- subscribe

## Derived Forms
- autographic
- autographed
- autographing

## Related Forms
- graph
- graphic
- photograph
- biography

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: autographos
- Root: autos
- Root: graphein
- Affix: auto- - self

## Etymology
From Latin autographum ('something written in one's own hand'), from Ancient Greek autographos, from autos ('self') + graphein ('to write').

## AI Etymology
Autograph is from Latin autographum ('something written in one's own hand'), from Ancient Greek autographos, from autos ('self') + graphein ('to write'). Important recorded forms include autographos (Ancient Greek), autos (Ancient Greek), and graphein (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a person's own signature, especially a celebrity's. The wider family includes derived forms such as autographic, autographed, and autographing and related words such as graph, graphic, photograph, and biography.

## Topics
- People & Society

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