-graph

that writes

Suffix

  1. that writes
    • stenograph
  2. that is written
  3. that draws or shows
  4. that is drawn or shown
    • photograph
  5. A group of letters of a specified number.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph From Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos, “that writes, describes”), from γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze”), whence also -graphy.

Forms

-graphs

Synonyms

-gram

Related

-graphy

Derived

digraph trigraph tetragraph pentagraph monograph photograph paragraph