adoxography

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄδοξος“obscure, ignoble”
2. New Latin · derived fromadoxus“absurd, paradoxical”
3. English todayadoxography

From New Latin adoxus (“absurd, paradoxical”) (from Ancient Greek ἄδοξος (ádoxos, “obscure, ignoble”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δόξα (dóxa, “expectation”)) + -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā, “writing”).

Words from the same roots