myEtymology.com: English etymology of scenography

Etymology of the English word scenography

the English word scenography

derived from the Latin word scenography

derived from the Greek word skenographia, σκηνογραφία

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 skene, σκηνή (a tent or cloth hut )

The earliest known usage of scenography in English dates from the 17th century.

Word found in Modern English