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What (who) is -graphy - definition

SUFFIX
Ographies; -ography; Ography; Γράφω; Glossary of graphies; Graphy

-graphy         
·- A suffix denoting the art of writing or describing; also, the writing or description itself; a treatise; as, calligraphy, biography, geography.
-graphy         
¦ combining form in nouns denoting:
1. a descriptive science: geography.
2. a technique of producing images: radiography.
3. a style or method of writing or drawing: calligraphy.
4. writing about (a specified subject): hagiography.
5. a written or printed list: filmography.
Origin
from or suggested by Gk -graphia 'writing'.
-graphy         
The English suffix -graphy means a "field of study" or related to "writing" a book, and is an anglicization of the French -graphie inherited from the Latin -graphia, which is a transliterated direct borrowing from Greek.

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-graphy

The English suffix -graphy means a "field of study" or related to "writing" a book, and is an anglicization of the French -graphie inherited from the Latin -graphia, which is a transliterated direct borrowing from Greek.