English Explanatory Dictionary

-graphy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Something written or otherwise represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject.
  2. Field of study.

Pronunciation

/-ɡɹəfi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--graphy.wav /-ˈɡrafi/ [ɡræ(ː)fi ~ ɡræ(ː)phi]

Word forms

-graphy -graphies

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -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.

Related words

-graph -graphic -graphical
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