English → Latin
“biography” in Latin
dēscrīptiōdescription; diagram, plan; transcript, copyvītalife; living, support, subsistence; a way of life
The English word biography itself goes back to Latin biographia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
biography
vitarum scriptio or descriptio; vitae: of a man, vita alicujus, vitae alicujus descriptio et imago.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for biography?
- The usual Latin words for “biography” are dēscrīptiō, vīta. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.