English
graphism
Graphism comes from Ancient Greek γράφω ‘to draw, paint, sketch’, from Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰō‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγράφω‘to draw, paint, sketch’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993graphism
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰō‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγράφω‘to draw, paint, sketch’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993graphism
Earliest quotation: 1993, Randall White, Gesture and Speech: “The complex but fundamental relationship between language and graphism…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
grammar, crawl, crab, carve, crawfish, astrophotography, 82 more
through Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’
photography, graffiti, graft, demography, grimoire, ultrasonography, epigraph, sonography, 76 more
through Ancient Greek γράφω ‘to draw, paint, sketch’
Today it means
noun The expression of thought in material symbols.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- / graphism