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Where does “γραφή” come from?

γραφή (Ancient Greek) comes 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...

γραφή (Ancient Greek): drawing; painting; writing, a writing

Definitions

  1. drawing; painting; writing, a writing

Ancestry of “γραφή”, step by step

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

Words derived from “γραφή”

  • graphic
  • graphical
  • graphically
  • electrographic
  • nongraphical
  • graphicness
  • infographic
  • nongraphic
  • pseudographical
  • electrographically
  • semigraphical
  • visuographic
  • supergraphic
  • graphicly
  • cographic
  • graphicality
  • graphicalness
  • melographic
  • graphician
  • perigraphic
  • hypergraphical
  • graphicus
  • metalográfico
  • aortográfico
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