-graphy
English
/-ɡɹəfi/
suffix
Definitions
- Something written or otherwise represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject.
- Field of study
Etymology
Borrowed from French -graphie borrowed from Latin -graphia borrowed from Ancient Greek γράφω (write, draw, I write, scratch, describe, graze, scrape, paintVerb) root from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (scratch, carve).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gerbʰ-
Gloss
scratch, carve
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -gram English
- -graph English
- -grapher English
- -graphic English
- -o- English
- aerophotograph English
- chemo- English
- chemography English
- gig English
- gigography English
- grammatical English
- graph English
- graphism English
- graphology English
- neo- English
- neography English
- photograph English
- softography English
- software English
- -graphia Latin
- grammaticālis Latin
- graphium Latin
- -gráfia Hungarian
- -grafia Italian
- -grafie Dutch, Flemish
- grafiek Dutch, Flemish
- -graphie French
- -γραφία Ancient Greek
- -γραφικός Ancient Greek
- γράμμα Ancient Greek
- γράφω Ancient Greek
- γραμμή Ancient Greek
- γραμματική Ancient Greek
- γραμματικός Ancient Greek
- γραφή Ancient Greek
- γραφεύς Ancient Greek
- γραφικός Ancient Greek
- γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός Ancient Greek
- διάγραμμα Ancient Greek
- λογογράφος Ancient Greek
- μόγις Ancient Greek
- παράγραφος Ancient Greek
- συγγράφω Ancient Greek
- τοπογράφος Ancient Greek
- χρονογράφος Ancient Greek
- ὁμόγραφος Ancient Greek
- ὑμνογράφος Ancient Greek
- *gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *gr̥bʰtós Proto-Indo-European
- -graf Norwegian Bokmål
- -grafia Portuguese
- *kerban- Proto-Germanic
- *kerbaną Proto-Germanic
- *krabitaz Proto-Germanic
- *kurbiz Proto-Germanic
- -graf Norwegian Nynorsk
- -grafaíoch Irish
- -grafaíocht Irish
- γραμμικός Old Norse
- grafit Danish
- *žerbьjь Proto-Slavic
- -graf Czech
- -grafie Czech
- graf Czech
- gramairien Old French
- -grafia Catalan, Valencian
- γράφω Greek (modern)
- γραπτός Greek (modern)
- جَارْفَا Andalusian Arabic
- *grəpʰō Proto-Hellenic