graft
English
/ɡɹɑːft/, /ɡɹæft/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
- (countable) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
- (surgery) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English graffe derived from Old French greffe (stylus) derived from Latin graphium (stylus, pen) derived from Ancient Greek γραφείον.
Origin
Ancient Greek
γραφείον
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allograft English
- anti-graft English
- antigraft English
- autograft English
- becarve English
- carvable English
- carve English
- carveable English
- carven English
- carveout English
- carver English
- carvery English
- cleft English
- cleftgraft English
- endograft English
- engraft English
- engraftable English
- engraftation English
- engraftment English
- forcarve English
- graftable English
- graftage English
- graftectomy English
- grafter English
- graftless English
- graftling English
- graphium English
- heterograft English
- homograft English
- hypergraft English
- intergraft English
- intragraft English
- isograft English
- lipograft English
- micrograft English
- misgraft English
- orthograft English
- overcarve English
- perigraft English
- postgraft English
- recarve English
- reengraft English
- regraft English
- semiallograft English
- syngraft English
- transgraft English
- xenograft English
- zoograft English
- heterografti Finnish
- *graphiāre Latin
- graphium Latin
- Griffel German
- sgraffiare Italian
- garfio Spanish, Castilian
- γράφω Ancient Greek
- γραφείον Ancient Greek
- γραφεῖον Ancient Greek
- garfo Portuguese
- graffe Middle English
- kerven Middle English
- grefe Old French
- greffe Old French
- groife Old French
- garfio Old Portuguese
- krāpho lng
- carve
- cleft
- carver
- carven
- becarve
- engraft
- recarve
- carvery
- grafter
- regraft
- carveout
- syngraft
- graftage
- zoograft
- misgraft
- carvable
- forcarve
- isograft
- graphium
- perigraft
- graftless
- homograft
- antigraft
- overcarve
- lipograft
- xenograft
- carveable
- postgraft
- graftable
- autograft
- allograft
- endograft
- reengraft
- graftling
- micrograft
- orthograft
- cleftgraft
- intragraft
- transgraft
- anti-graft
- intergraft
- hypergraft
- heterograft
- engraftment
- graftectomy
- engraftable
- engraftation
- semiallograft