-graphy

Graphy is defined as a form of writing or drawing, or a field of study.

(suffix)

An example of graphy used as a suffix is biography, which is a story written about a person's life.
An example of graphy used as a suffix is calligraphy, which is the art of handwriting.
An example of graphy used as a suffix is cartography, which is the art of making maps.

See -graphy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a process or method of writing, recording, or representing (in a specified way): calligraphy, photography
a descriptive science or a treatise dealing with such a science: geography

Origin: L -graphia < Gr, writing < graphein, to write: see graphic

See -graphy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

suffix

Writing or representation produced in a specified manner or by a specified process: photography.
a. Writing about a specified subject: oceanography.
b. Representation of a specified object: phonography.

Origin:

Origin: Latin -graphia

Origin: , from Greek -graphiā

Origin: , from graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots

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