English
graphicate
Blend of graphic + literate.
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
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Ancient Greek γράφω ‘scratch, carve’
Ancient Greek γραφή ‘drawing, painting, writing, a writing,…’
Ancient Greek γραφικός ‘belonging to painting or drawing,…’
Latin graphicus ‘belonging to painting or drawing’
English graphic
Latin littera ‘letter’
Latin lītterātus ‘learned, educated, scholarly, literate’
Middle English litterate
English literate
Today it means
adj Skilled in graphicacy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / graphicate