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Where does “βιβλιογράφος” come from?

βιβλιογράφος (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -γράφος, from Ancient Greek γράφω, from Proto-Hellenic grəpʰō, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

βιβλιογράφος (Ancient Greek): writer of books, scribe

Definitions

  1. writer of books, scribe

Ancestry of “βιβλιογράφος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-γράφοςwriter, painter
2Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
3Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “βιβλιογράφος”

  • bibliography
  • bibliographic
  • bibliographer
  • biobibliography
  • nonbibliographic
  • bibliographick
  • bibliome
  • bibliomic
  • bibliomics
  • bibliográfico
  • bibliografía
  • Bibliographie
  • bibliografie
  • bibliográfia
  • bibliográfiák
  • βιβλιογραφία
  • bibleagrafaíocht
  • bibliografie
  • bibliographia
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