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Where does “chirography” come from?

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

chirography (English): calligraphy or penmanship; The art of telling...

Definitions

  1. calligraphy or penmanship; The art of telling...

Ancestry of “chirography”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchirographA kind of mediaeval document written in duplicate...
2Frenchchirographe—
3Latinchīrographum—
4Ancient Greekκειρόγρᾰφον—
5Ancient Greekκειρόγρᾰφοςhandwritten

Words derived from “chirography”

  • chirographic
  • chirographically
Every word from Ancient Greek κειρόγρᾰφος →