Etymograph

English

alloglottography

Coined by Ilya Gershevitch as allo- + glotto- + -graphy

Formed from allo + glotto- + graphy

Ancient Greek γλῶττα ‘tongue’

English glotto-

French graphie ‘written form’

English graphy

The story

Coined by Ilya Gershevitch as allo- + glotto- + -graphy

Today it means

noun A direct translation of an utterance from one language to another such that the original utterance can be unambiguously and correctly recovered.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / alloglottography