Word part · Greek combining form
The Greek combining form graph
Means: write, or draw.
At a glance
- Part
- graph
- Meaning
- write, or draw
- Layer
- Greek: Combining forms behind science words, with spellings like ph and ch.
- Also spelled
- graphy
-graphy names a kind of writing or a field of study: biography, geography.
Example words
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Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- graph (root or base)on its own is the word graph
a drawing that shows numbers or facts
- graph (root or base)+s (suffix)→graphs
more than one graph
- graph (root or base)+ic (suffix)→graphic
having to do with drawing or pictures
- graph (root or base)+ics (suffix)→graphics
pictures and designs, often on a screen
- photo (root or base)+graph (root or base)→photograph
a picture drawn by light in a camera
- photo (root or base)+graph (root or base)+s (suffix)→photographs
more than one photograph
- photo (root or base)+graph (root or base)+er (suffix)→photographer
a person who takes photographs
- photo (root or base)+graphy (root or base)→photography
the art of taking photographs
- photo (root or base)+graph (root or base)+ic (suffix)→photographic
having to do with photographs
- tele (root or base)+graph (root or base)→telegraph
an old machine that sent written messages far by wire
- auto (root or base)+graph (root or base)→autograph
a person's name written by that person
- auto (root or base)+graph (root or base)+s (suffix)→autographs
more than one autograph
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