topography

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτοπογραφία
2. Latin · derived fromtopographia
3. Middle English · derived fromtopographye
4. English todaytopography

First attested in 1432. From Middle English topographye, from Latin topographia, from Ancient Greek τοπογραφία (topographía), from τόπος (tópos, “place”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).