"chalcography" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English chalco- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English chalcography From chalco- + -graphy. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|chalco-|-graphy|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English chalco- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English chalcography [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "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" : "verbal noun suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "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" : "-γραφίᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-graphie", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-graphy", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "chalcography", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="chalcography"> From chalco- + -graphy. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} chalcography (uncountable)
  1. engraving on copper or brass Tags: uncountable Derived forms: chalcographist Translations (Translations): calcografia [feminine] (Catalan), mědiryt [masculine] (Czech), kuparikaiverrus (english: copper) (Finnish), messinkikaiverrus (english: brass) (Finnish), Kupferstich [masculine] (German), χαλκογραφία (chalkografía) [feminine] (Greek), calcografia [feminine] (Italian), miedzioryt [masculine] (Polish)
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