The Latin root for "graph" is "grapho" which means "to write" or "to draw." The Greek root is "graph," which also means "to write" or "to draw."
The word graph means to write, and comes from the Greek word "graphein". Its most common usage is the suffix -graphy.
Writing or to write
It is Greek for 'draw'.
The English word that comes from the Greek word "grapho" is "telegraph."
The word homograph merges homos, the Greek word for same, with graph.
The Greek root tele- means "far off, at a distance". The word "graph" comes from the Greek root graphein which means "write, express by written characters".
Graph is the part of the word that contains the Greek root meaning "write."
μικρογραφία (transliterated mikrographia, pronounced micro-graph-ee-ah)
It derives from the word γράφημα (graphima) ex. autograph
The root word for "graphic" is "graph," which comes from the Greek word "graphein" meaning "to write" or "to draw."
Answer Many words in the English language come to us from Latin or Ancient Greek. "Photo" is derived from Greek - the Greek word "phos" means "light." The word "graph" also comes from a Greek word meaning "to draw." A Photograph is therefore a drawing made with light. We often shortern the word "photograph" to "photo." The latin word for "light" is "lux."