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Where does “typographic” come from?

Typographic derives from English -graphic, ultimately from Ancient Greek -γραφικός meaning "of or pertaining to writing or drawing."

typographic (English): Relating to typography

Definitions

  1. Relating to typography

Ancestry of “typographic”, 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 “typographic”

  • phototypographic
  • nontypographic
  • typographic ligature
  • phototypographically
  • xylotypographic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →