Where does “chirographary” come from?

chirographary (English) comes from English chirograph, from French chirographe, from Latin chīrographum, from Ancient Greek κειρόγρᾰφον, from Ancient Greek κειρόγρᾰφος — handwritten.

chirographary (English): Of or relating to a chirograph

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to a chirograph

Ancestry of “chirographary”, step by step

chirographary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chirograph

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchirographA kind of mediaeval document written in duplicate...
2Frenchchirographechirograph
3Latinchīrographumone's handwriting; autograph
4Ancient Greekκειρόγρᾰφον
5Ancient Greekκειρόγρᾰφοςhandwritten

via English ary

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englisharyany
2Englishe'erContraction of ever
3EnglisheverAlways, frequently, forever; Continuously,...
4Middle Englisheverever
5Old Englishǣfre
Every word from Ancient Greek κειρόγρᾰφοςEvery word from Ancient Greek κειρόγρᾰφονEvery word from Latin chīrographum