The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλεξικός“of words”
- French · derived fromlexicographe
- English todaylexicographer
From French lexicographe + -er, from Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -grapher.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekλεξικός all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.