-graph

suffix — 5 senses

-graph

suffix

Etymology From Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos, “that writes, describes”), from γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze”), whence also -graphy.

1

Morpheme that writes

  • stenograph
2

Metonymically, Morpheme that is written

3

Morpheme that draws or shows

4

Metonymically, Morpheme that is drawn or shown

  • photograph
5

Morpheme A group of letters of a specified number.

Synonyms
-gram
Derived terms
digraph, trigraph, tetragraph, pentagraph, monograph, photograph, paragraph
Related terms
-graphy

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