English
chart
Chart comes from Middle French charte ‘card, map’, from Latin charta ‘paper’, from Ancient Greek χάρτης ‘papyrus’, whose origin is disputed.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχάρτης1khártēs‘papyrus’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcharta1‘papyrus, paper’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600charte1‘card’
- Englishearliest quotation 1991chart1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English chart
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1991, Michael Bronski, One Man's 'Poison': “The men in "Homo," (and even perhaps Haynes himself)…”.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχάρτηςWiktionary, English chartkhártēs‘papyrus’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEchartaWiktionary, English chart‘papyrus, paper’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600charteWiktionary, English chart‘card’
- Englishearliest quotation 1991chartWiktionary, English chart. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1991, Michael Bronski, One Man's 'Poison': “The men in "Homo," (and even perhaps Haynes himself)…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- ‘to scratch’
girl, rocket, chronic, chorus, synchronous, crony, synchronize, urchin, cron, germanium, 33 more
through Ancient Greek χάρτης ‘papyrus, thin sheet’
through Late Latin charta ‘paper, card, map’
card, cartridge, cartel, carton, carte, cartography, cartouche, 10 more
Today it means
noun A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek χάρτης / chart