Etymograph

English

grangerize

From Granger + -ize, after James Granger, an 18th-century English biographer.

Formed from Granger + -ize

Old French grangier

Anglo-Norman granger

Middle English graunger

English Granger

The story

Granger's Biographical History of England (1769) included areas for readers to illustrate the pages.

Today it means

verb To illustrate (a book) with material such as images taken from other published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.

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

Etymograph / grangerize