Etymology

-grapher

Today it means: someone who writes about a specified subject, or in a specified manner Full definition →

Ancient Greek γράφω
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγράφω“I draw, write or describe”
  2. English today-grapher

From Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “I draw, write or describe”) + -er.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγράφω all →

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