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

Simplified etymology

Autograph, recorded from the mid-17th century, is formed from Greek auto “by oneself” and graphē “writing, drawing.” It denotes something written in a person’s own hand.

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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