-gram = a record -graph = an instrument for recording -graphy = the process of recording
what is a prefix
geography, cartography, demography, photography, topography, orthography, scenography
The suffix for this word is "-graphy", from the Greek "γράφω" meaning "write".
bio [from greek βίος (=life)] + graphy [from greek γράφω (=write)]
The word is found in both Latin and Greek meaning ' a description of the Earth's surface. From 'ge' meaning 'earth' and graphia meaning 'description'
The English suffix -graphy means either "writing" or a "field of study", and is an anglicization of the French -graphie inherited from the Latin -graphia, which is a transliterated direct borrowing from Greek. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-graphy
electr/o, my/o, -graphy
what is a prefix
calligraphyautobiographygeographybiographycartographyphotographycinematographyvideography
The suffix "-graphy" can mean to write, to draw, or to study
Well, if you break up autobiography into stems, auto - bio - graphy, auto means self, bio means life, and graphy means the study of. So autobiography basically means the study of someone's life that THEY wrote, not someone else.
graphy
photography photo-graphy (φωτογραφία) photo (φώς) :light graphy (γράφημα) : drawing a drawing made from light
Braille
photo - light graphy - drawing
fo-TOG-graphy
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