'barometrography' originates from New Latin and Greek, specifically from the element 'barometer' combined with the Greek-derived suffix '-graphy', where 'baro-' (from Greek 'baros') meant 'weight' or 'pressure' and 'metron' meant 'measure', and 'graphein' meant 'to write'.

'barometrography' changed from the New Latin or Neo-Latin formation 'barometrographia' (combining 'barometro-' with '-graphia') and eventually became the modern English word 'barometrography' by regular adaptation of the Greek-derived suffix into English.

Initially, it meant 'the writing or recording of atmospheric pressure', and over time it has retained this technical meaning as 'the technique or record of continuously recording barometric pressure'.