English
electrographiteelectrographite
From electro- + graphite.
A compound of electro- + graphite
Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον ‘amber’
French electrum
French électro-
English electro-
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’
Ancient Greek γράφω ‘to scratch, cut into’
German Graphit
English graphite
Today it means
noun a synthetic form of graphite made by the electrical heating of some other form of carbon
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Etymograph / electrographite
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