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Added 9 October 2026

autograph

/ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/ noun

Latin root: autographum Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about autograph at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Something written by one's own hand.
A person's own signature.

verb

Mark with one's signature.
The author autographed his book

Origin

From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- + -graph.

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