Stenograph
/ˈstɛnəɡræf/noun
A system of rapid writing used to record speech, especially by shorthand.
Did you know?Its roots are Greek, from stenos (“narrow”) + graphein (“to write”), the same ancient writing-verb behind words like “graphic” and “autograph,” making stenography part of the old magic of recording spoken power.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
GRK
stenós
“narrow, tight, constricted”
Ancient Greek
GRK
gráphein
“to write, scratch, inscribe”
19th Century
English
stenograph
“a rapid system of shorthand writing; also a person or device that writes in shorthand”
Modern English
English
stenograph
“a shorthand writing system or the act of recording speech quickly in shorthand”