- logograph (n.)
- "instrument for giving a graphic representation of speech," 1879, from Greek logos (see logos) + -graph "instrument for recording; something written," from Greek graphe "writing," from graphein "to write, express by written characters," earlier "to draw, represent by lines drawn" (see -graphy). Earliest use (1797) is in the sense "logogriph," and it frequently was used in this sense.