'areographic' originates from New Latin, specifically the word 'areographia', where the prefix 'areo-' traces to Greek 'Arēs' (Ἄρης) meaning 'Mars' and the element '-graphia' meant 'writing/description'.

'areographic' changed from New Latin 'areographia' (and Medieval/Scientific Latin forms such as 'areographicus') and eventually became the modern English adjective 'areographic'.

Initially, it meant 'the description or mapping of Mars', and over time it evolved into the adjectival sense 'relating to the geography or mapping of Mars'.