myEtymology.com: English etymology of ichnography

Etymology of the English word ichnography

the English word ichnography

derived from the Latin word ichnographia (plan)

derived from the Greek word ichnographia, ἰχνογραφία, ἰχνογραϕία

using the Greek suffix -graphia, -γραφία, -γραϕία

derived from the Greek word graphein, γράφω (to draw)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gerbh-

derived from the Greek word ichnos, ἴχνος (a track)

derived from the Greek word ikhnographia

derived from the Greek word ichnos, ἴχνος (a track)

The earliest known usage of ichnography in English dates from the 16th century.

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