The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἱερός“sacred”
- Latin · derived fromhierographicus
- English todayhierographic
From Latin hierographicus, Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”) + γραφικός (graphikós, “of or pertaining to writing”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἱερός all →
hierographyhieromaniahieromonkhierophany
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.