quirografia

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-

Proto-Indo-European *-ōr

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr

Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər

Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír)bor.

New Latin chiro-lbor.

Portuguese quiro-

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 -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā)lbor.

Portuguese -grafia

Portuguese quirografia

From quiro- + -grafia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾo.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾu.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/ [ki.ɾu.ɣɾɐˈfi.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾu.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/ [ki.ɾu.ɣɾɐˈfi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾu.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: qui‧ro‧gra‧fi‧a

Noun

quirografia f (plural quirografias)

1. chirography

Related terms

• quirográfico
• quirógrafo

Further reading

• “quirografia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026