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Where does “γραφικός” come from?

γραφικός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek γραφή, 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...

γραφικός (Ancient Greek): pertaining to writing; pertaining to painting

Definitions

  1. pertaining to writing; pertaining to painting

Ancestry of “γραφικός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekγραφήdrawing; painting; writing, a writing
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 “γραφικός”

  • 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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