Where does “monograph” come from?
Monograph comes from Ancient Greek μόνος meaning "single" combined with Ancient Greek χρῶμα meaning "color," tracing back through Proto-Indo-European roots expressing the sense of gathering or scratching.
monograph (English): A scholarly book or a treatise on a single...
Definitions
- A scholarly book or a treatise on a single...
Ancestry of “monograph”, step by step
monograph traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English graph
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | graph | A data chart intended to illustrate the... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |