-graphy
suffix
- combining form denoting processes or styles of writing, drawing, or graphic representation
- combining form denoting a field of study
- combining form denoting processes or styles of writing, drawing, or graphic representation
- combining form denoting a field of study
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /-ɡɹəfi/ / /-ˈɡrafi/ / [ɡræ(ː)fi ~ ɡræ(ː)phi]
suffix
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) 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.
- Something written or otherwise represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject.
- Field of study.