Etymology

-graphy

Today it means: Something written or otherwise represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ← Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  3. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  4. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  5. English today-graphy

From French -graphie, inherited from Latin -graphia, borrowed from Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía), from γραφή (graphḗ, “writing, drawing, description”). By surface analysis, -graph + -y.

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