Etymograph

English

schediaphilia

Schediaphilia comes from Greek σχέδιο ‘drawing’, from Ancient Greek σχέδιος ‘something done or made offhand’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seǵʰ-‘to hold’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχεδόν‘near’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσχέδιοςskhédios‘something done or made offhand’
  4. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEσχέδιον
  5. Greek1453–presentσχέδιοschédio‘drawing’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2006schediaphilia

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*seǵʰ-‘to hold’reconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσχεδόν‘near’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσχέδιοςskhédios‘something done or made offhand’
  4. Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEσχέδιον
  5. Greek1453–presentσχέδιοschédio‘drawing’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2006schediaphilia

Earliest quotation: 2006, Parkett Series with Contemporary Artists: “Crumb, as a cartoonist, also summons ideas of Schediaphilia”.

Formed from -philia

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- ‘to hold’

school, severe, severity, scholar, hector, perseverance, hectic, epoch, scholastic, schema, shul, 22 more

through Ancient Greek σχέδιος ‘something done or made offhand’

sketch, 1 more

Today it means

noun A paraphilia in which a person is sexually attracted to cartoon characters.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- / schediaphilia