Stenography
/stəˈnɒɡ.rə.fi/noun
The practice of writing in shorthand or using shorthand symbols to record speech quickly.
Did you know?Stenography comes from Greek roots used for compressed, rapid writing, and its cousin idea survives in modern “steganography,” the art of hidden writing—one records fast, the other hides in plain sight.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
stenos + -graphia
“narrow + writing; writing in a compressed or abbreviated form”
Late Latin
Latin
stenographia
“shorthand writing, abbreviated writing”
17th Century
English
stenographie
“the art of rapid writing by symbols or abbreviations”
Modern English
English
stenography
“the system or practice of shorthand writing”
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