Where does โtyphlographโ come from?
typhlograph (English) comes from English O, from Middle English O, from Old English o, from Latin o, from Etruscan ๐, from Ancient Greek ฮฟ, from Phoenician ๐ค, from Egyptian ๐น.
typhlograph (English): A device for producing writing for the blind, consisting of a set of lettered keys that stamp those letters into a special gridded paper
Definitions
- A device for producing writing for the blind, consisting of a set of lettered keys that stamp those letters into a special gridded paper
Ancestry of โtyphlographโ, step by step
typhlograph traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English O
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | O | A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may... |
| 2 | Middle English | O | โ |
| 3 | Old English | o | ever, always |
| 4 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 5 | Etruscan | ๐ | โ |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ฮฟ | Lower-case omicron (แฝ ฮผฮนฮบฯฯฮฝ), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ฮพ and followed by ฯ |
| 7 | Phoenician | ๐ค | ayin; สฟayin |
| 8 | Egyptian | ๐น | โ |
via English graph
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | graph | A data chart intended to illustrate the... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ฮณฯฮฌฯฯ | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | grษpสฐล | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbสฐ- | to carve |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |