what is a prefix
geography, cartography, demography, photography, topography, orthography, scenography
"Gram" refers to something written or drawn, such as a diagram. "Graph" refers to something written or drawn to represent data or show a relationship, like a graph of a function. "Graphy" refers to the process or act of writing or drawing something, or it can also refer to a body of writing on a particular subject, like biography.
The suffix for this word is "-graphy", from the Greek "γράφω" meaning "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
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what is a prefix
calligraphyautobiographygeographybiographycartographyphotographycinematographyvideography
"Gram" refers to something written or drawn, such as a diagram. "Graph" refers to something written or drawn to represent data or show a relationship, like a graph of a function. "Graphy" refers to the process or act of writing or drawing something, or it can also refer to a body of writing on a particular subject, like biography.
The suffix "-graphy" can mean to write, to draw, or to study
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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