Etymology

historiographic

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Today it means: Relating to the writing of history. Full definition →

English historiography ← Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
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The story

  1. Englishhistorio-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  4. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  5. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  6. Englishhistoriography
  7. English todayhistoriographic

From historiography + -ic.

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