Editing Lexicography (section)

==Etymology==

Coined in English 1680, the word "lexicography" derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] λεξικογράφος (''lexikographos''), "lexicographer",<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dlecikogra%2Ffos λεξικογράφος] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412075355/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dlecikogra%2Ffos |date=2021-04-12 }},
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> from λεξικόν (''lexicon''), neut. of λεξικός ''lexikos'', "of or for words",<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dlecikos λεξικός] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514152114/https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=lecikos |date=2021-05-14 }},
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> from λέξις (''lexis''), "speech", "word"<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dle%2Fcis λέξις] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417153436/https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dle%2Fcis |date=2021-04-17 }}, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref> (in turn from λέγω (''lego''), "to say", "to speak"<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dle%2Fgw3 λέγω] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421181948/https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dle%2Fgw3 |date=2021-04-21 }},
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref>) and γράφω (''grapho''), "to scratch, to inscribe, to write".<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dgra%2Ffw γράφω] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413205841/https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dgra%2Ffw |date=2021-04-13 }}, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek–English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref>