English
graptomancy
Graptomancy comes from Ancient Greek γραπτός ‘painted’, from Proto-Hellenic *grəptós ‘carved ?’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grəptós‘carved ?’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγραπτός‘painted’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003graptomancy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grəptós‘carved ?’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγραπτός‘painted’
- Englishearliest quotation 2003graptomancy
Earliest quotation: 2003, Raymond Buckland, Visible Ink Press: “Graphology, or graptomancy, is the interpretation of character and…”
Formed from γραπτός + -mancy
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
photo, cinema, graphic, grammar, crawl, crab, carve, graffiti, graft, graphite, graphene, crawfish, demography, grimoire, ultrasonography, epigram, epigraph, sonography, 81 more
Today it means
noun The practice of divination through handwriting analysis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- / graptomancy