"-graphia" meaning in English

See -graphia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā, “writing, drawing”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:lbor|grc:-γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ<t:writing, drawing>|text=*}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "writing, drawing", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "drawing", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to scratch", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to scratch", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "to carve", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*gerbʰ-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*grə́pʰō", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "γρᾰ́φω", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "zero-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ᾱ", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-η", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "γραφή", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-graphia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="-graphia"> Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā, “writing, drawing”). Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -graphia, {{en-suffix}} -graphia
  1. Forms names of writing impairments. Tags: morpheme
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