'archaeographical' originates from Greek via New Latin and English, specifically from the Greek elements 'arkhaios' and 'graphein', where 'arkhaios' meant 'ancient' and 'graphein' meant 'to write'.

'archaeographical' developed from the noun 'archaeography' (formed in New Latin/English from Greek roots) and later took the English adjectival suffix '-ical' to become 'archaeographical'.

Initially it referred to the 'writing or description of ancient things'; over time it came to mean more generally 'relating to the recording, description, or study of antiquities or ancient documents'.