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Where does “historiography” come from?

Historiography derives from Ancient Greek ἱστορία, from ἱστορέω, from γράφω meaning "to write," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gerebh- and ger- meaning "to scratch or carve."

historiography (English): The writing of history; a written history; The...

Definitions

  1. The writing of history; a written history; The...

Ancestry of “historiography”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-graphySomething written or otherwise represented in the...
2French-graphie-graphy
3Latin-graphia-graphy
4Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
5Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “historiography”

  • historiographical
  • historiographic
  • historiographer
  • historiographically
  • nonhistoriographic
  • historiographership
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