Etymograph

English

graphy

Graphy comes from French graphie ‘written form’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentgraphie1‘written form’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1939graphy1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English graphy
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1939, Mildred Katharine Pope, Studies in French Language and Mediaeval Literature: “The scribe of the Oxford M.S. of the Roland…”.

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  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentgraphieWiktionary, English graphy‘written form’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1939graphyWiktionary, English graphy. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1939, Mildred Katharine Pope, Studies in French Language and Mediaeval Literature: “The scribe of the Oxford M.S. of the Roland…”

Every English word from French graphie

Today it means

noun A particular spelling or written form, in the context of the French language.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “graphy”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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