Autobiography example
What is the etymology of the word autobiography
Autobiographical memory!
autobiographynoun
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun autobiography. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
About 6occurrences per million words in modern written English
| 1790 | 0.064 |
| 1800 | 0.054 |
| 1810 | 0.069 |
| 1820 | 0.24 |
| 1830 | 0.52 |
| 1840 | 0.95 |
| 1850 | 1.2 |
| 1860 | 1.5 |
| 1870 | 1.7 |
| 1880 | 2.0 |
| 1890 | 2.3 |
| 1900 | 2.4 |
| 1910 | 2.7 |
| 1920 | 3.1 |
| 1930 | 3.7 |
| 1940 | 4.2 |
| 1950 | 4.4 |
| 1960 | 4.7 |
| 1970 | 5.1 |
| 1980 | 5.9 |
| 1990 | 6.3 |
| 2000 | 6.5 |
| 2010 | 6.2 |
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Earliest known use
late 1700s
The earliest known use of the noun autobiography is in the late 1700s.
OED's earliest evidence for autobiography is from 1797, in the writing of William Taylor, reviewer and translator.
Nearby entries
- autobasidium, n.1895–
- autobio, n.1856–
- autobiog, n.1829–
- autobiographal, adj.