-graphus

Latin

Etymology

Originally in borrowings from Greek, such as geōgraphus from γεωγράφος (geōgráphos)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡra.pʰus/, [ɡräpʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡra.fus/, [ɡräfus] (stressed on antepenult)

Suffix

-graphus

1. -graph

Derived terms

• autographus, catagraphus, holographus, idiographus, opisthographus, orthographus, pseudographus (-a, -um)
• antigraphus, artigraphus, chirographus, chronographus, comoediographus, cosmographus, encomiographus, geographus, hypomnematographus, logographus, mimographus, orthographus, psalmographus, rhyparographus, satirographus, sillographus, technographus, tragoediographus (-i, m.)

Related terms

• -graphia
• paragraphus (-i, f.)

Descendants

• → Dutch: -graaf
• → English: -graph, -grapher
• → French: -graphe (learned)
• → German: -graph, -graf
• → Italian: -grafo (learned)
• → Portuguese: -grafo (learned)
• → Spanish: -grafo (learned)