English
inkwriter
From ink + writer.
Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον ‘burned-in’
Latin encaustum ‘purple ink used by Roman emperors to sign…’
Old French enque
Middle English ynke
English ink
Proto-Germanic *wrītaną ‘to scratch’
Proto-West Germanic *wrītan ‘to scratch’
Old English wrītan ‘to write’
Old English wrītere
Middle English writer ‘a draughtsman’
English writer
Today it means
noun An instrument that records a received telegraph message in ink as Morse code.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / inkwriter