English
anagraph
Anagraph comes from Ancient Greek ἀναγραφή ‘inscribing, registering of properties or…’, from γράφω ‘to scratch, cut into’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰō‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγράφω‘to scratch, cut into’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀναγράφω‘to register, record’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀναγραφήanagraphḗ‘inscribing, registering of properties or contracts’
- Englishtodayanagraph
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰō‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγράφω‘to scratch, cut into’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀναγράφω‘to register, record’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀναγραφήanagraphḗ‘inscribing, registering of properties or contracts’
- Englishtodayanagraph
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
grammar, crawl, crab, carve, crawfish, astrophotography, 79 more
through Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’
photography, graffiti, graft, demography, grimoire, ultrasonography, epigraph, sonography, 73 more
through Ancient Greek γράφω ‘to scratch, cut into’
photo, cinema, graphic, graphite, graphene, epigram, 32 more
Today it means
noun An inventory; a record.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- / anagraph