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Where does “orthographic” come from?

Orthographic comes from French -ique, Ancient Greek γράφω meaning to write, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix forming descriptive terms from verbal roots.

orthographic (English): Of a projection used in maps, architecture etc.,...

Definitions

  1. Of a projection used in maps, architecture etc.,...

Ancestry of “orthographic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “orthographic”

  • nonorthographic
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