hieroglyphic

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἱερογλυφικός
2. Latin · derived fromhieroglyphicus
3. French · borrowed fromhiéroglyphique
4. English todayhieroglyphic

First coined 1726, from French hiéroglyphique, from Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) + γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”). By surface analysis, hiero- + glyphic.

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