-graphy Definition
grəfē
suffix
Writing or representation produced in a specified manner or by a specified process.
Photography.
American Heritage
Writing about a specified subject.
Oceanography.
American Heritage
Representation of a specified object.
Phonography.
American Heritage
affix
A process or method of writing, recording, or representing (in a specified way)
Calligraphy, photography.
Webster's New World
A descriptive science or a treatise dealing with such a science.
Geography.
Webster's New World
Origin of -graphy
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Latin -graphia from Greek -graphiā from graphein to write gerbh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From the French -graphie inherited from the Latin -graphia, from Ancient Greek verb γράφω (graphō).
From Wiktionary
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L -graphia < Gr, writing < graphein, to write: see graphic
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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