"handwriting, the art of writing," 1650s, from chiro- "the hand"+ -graphy "writing." Chirograph "formal written legal document" is attested from late 13c. in Anglo-French, from Latin chirographum, from Greek kheirographia "written testimony." Related: Chirographer; chirographic.
chippy
chiral
chirarism
chiro-
chirognomy
chirography
chirology
chiromancy
Chiron
chiropodist
chiropractic