stenography
Meaningnarrow writing
Common meaning: shorthand writing
- stennarrowLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 744 · scan
- graphto scratch marks, hence to write or drawLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 317 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘narrow’ + ‘to scratch marks, hence to write or draw’ → stenography
Journey through time
- sten — Greek στενός “narrow” (path traced)
- graph — Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) “to scratch marks, hence to write or draw” (path traced)
- Greekστενός + γράφω (gráphō)‘narrow + to scratch marks, hence to write or draw’
- Englishstenography‘shorthand writing’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek στενός ‘narrow’ + Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) ‘to scratch marks, hence to write or draw’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry γράφω (gráphō), p. 317 · dictionary scan
Roots
- γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek “to scratch marks, hence to write or draw”
- στενός Greek “narrow”
Related words
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