Word Origins

 

*STENOGRAPHY 

As an English word, stenography has been recorded as early as 1602. It is derived from two Greek words, stenos (narrow) and graphein (to write) literally meaning “narrow writing” as opposed to the “broad writing” that is the more ordinary script. Even shorthand is only slightly younger as a synonym for stenography, originating in England near the close of the sixteenth century. But the truth is, stenography is even older than this. It is known to have been practiced in the Roman Senate and there is some evidence that it was practiced by the ancient Greeks before the time of Christ. 

*Inspired by Charles Funk (1881–1957)