Where does “epigraphic” come from?

Epigraphic comes from French -ique, Latin -icus, Ancient Greek γράφω meaning "to write," and Proto-Indo-European ger- meaning "to scratch or scrape."

epigraphic (English): Of or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy

Ancestry of “epigraphic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinepigraphicusepigraphic, epigraphical
2Ancient Greekἐπῐγρᾰφῐκόςconcerning tax assessment
3Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
4Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
5Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “epigraphic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos →Every word from Ancient Greek -ικός →Every word from Ancient Greek -κός →