'venography' originates from modern medical formation combining Latin 'vena' (meaning 'vein') and Greek-derived suffix '-graphy' (from 'graphia', meaning 'writing' or 'recording').

'ven-' comes from Latin 'vena' (vein) and was combined with the Greek suffix '-graphy' (from 'graphia'); the compound arose in modern medical English analogous to 'phlebography' (from Greek 'phleb-').

Initially coined to denote the technique of 'recording/ imaging veins,' and it has retained that specific medical meaning into current usage.