-graphy

suffix — 2 senses

-graphy

suffix

/-ɡɹəfi/ · South-Asia /-ˈɡrafi/

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

1

Morpheme Something written or otherwise represented in the specified manner, or about a specified subject.

2

Morpheme Field of study.

Related terms
-gram, -graph, -graphic, -graphical

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