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sonography
Sonography comes from Ancient Greek γραφή ‘drawing’, from γρᾰ́φω ‘to scratch, cut into’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰō‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγρᾰ́φωgrắphō‘to scratch, cut into’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEγραφήgraphḗ‘drawing’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015sonography
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰō‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγρᾰ́φωgrắphō‘to scratch, cut into’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEγραφήgraphḗ‘drawing’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015sonography
Earliest quotation: 2015, Emel Altuncu et al.: “Sonographic assessments including brain and abdominal sonographies and ocular…”
A compound of sono- + -graphy
Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- ‘to sound’
Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os
Proto-Italic *swonos
Latin sonus ‘sound’
English sono-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
grammar, crawl, crab, carve, crawfish, astrophotography, 81 more
through Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’
photo, cinema, graphite, graphene, epigram, 75 more
through Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to scratch, cut into’
photography, graffiti, graft, grimoire, epigraph, 42 more
through Ancient Greek γραφή ‘drawing’
Today it means
noun night writing
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- / sonography