Where does “radiographic” come from?
Radiographic derives from English radiography, which combines radius with English -graphy from Latin -icus and Ancient Greek γράφω meaning to write.
radiographic (English): Of or pertaining to radiography
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to radiography
Ancestry of “radiographic”, step by step
radiographic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English radiography
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | radiography | the process of making radiographs, and the... |
| 2 | English | -graphy | Something written or otherwise represented in the... |
| 3 | French | -graphie | -graphy |
| 4 | Latin | -graphia | -graphy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |