English
dextrocardiogram
Dextrocardiogram comes from Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to scratch, cut into’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-1‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰō1‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγρᾰ́φω1grắphō‘to scratch, cut into’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγράμμα1grámma
- English1500–presentcardiogram1
- Englishtodaydextrocardiogram1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English dextrocardiogram
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-Wiktionary, English dextrocardiogram‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰōWiktionary, English dextrocardiogram‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγρᾰ́φωWiktionary, English dextrocardiogramgrắphō‘to scratch, cut into’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγράμμαWiktionary, English dextrocardiogramgrámma
- English1500–presentcardiogramWiktionary, English dextrocardiogram
- EnglishtodaydextrocardiogramWiktionary, English dextrocardiogram
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
grammar, crawl, crab, carve, crawfish, astrophotography, 79 more
through Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’
photo, cinema, graphic, graphite, graphene, epigram, 73 more
through Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to scratch, cut into’
photography, graffiti, graft, demography, epigraph, ultrasonography, sonography, 40 more
through Ancient Greek γράμμα
Today it means
noun An electrocardiogram of the right side of the heart
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “dextrocardiogram”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- / dextrocardiogram