English
epigraphics
From epigraph + -ics.
Formed from epigraph + -ics
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’
Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to draw, paint, write, etc’
Ancient Greek ἐπιγράφω ‘write upon’
Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή ‘inscription’
English epigraph
Today it means
noun The science or study of epigraphs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / epigraphics