myEtymology.com: French etymology of lexicographie

Etymology of the French word lexicographie

the French word lexicographie

derived from the French word lexicographe

derived from the Late Greek word lexikographos, λεξικογράϕος

derived from the Late Greek word lexikon, λεξικόν

derived from the Greek word lexikos, λεξικός

derived from the Greek word lexis, λέξις

derived from the Greek word legein, λέγω (to speak)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leg- (to collect, to speak)

using the Late Greek suffix -graphos, -γράφος, -γραϕος, -γράϕος

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

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

The earliest known usage of lexicographie in French dates from the 18th century.