historiographic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English historio-

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō

Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ā́

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ)

Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor.

French -graphieder.

English -graphy

English historiography

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English historiographic

From historiography + -ic.

Adjective

historiographic (comparative more historiographic, superlative most historiographic)

1. Relating to the writing of history.
2. Relating to the study and practice of historical scholarship.

Synonyms

• historiographical

Derived terms

• historiographic metafiction
• nonhistoriographic