Etymograph

English

anepigraph

Anepigraph comes from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νεπῐ́γρᾰφος ‘without title or inscription’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓νεπῐ́γρᾰφοςănepĭ́grăphos‘without title or inscription’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1931anepigraph

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEᾰ̓νεπῐ́γρᾰφοςănepĭ́grăphos‘without title or inscription’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1931anepigraph

Earliest quotation: 1931, Lauri Oskar Theodor Tudeer, Helsinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia: “5 (ff. 81—90) Various epistles, mostly anepigraphs.”

Today it means

noun A work with no (known) title; an anepigraphous work.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νεπῐ́γρᾰφος / anepigraph