Etymograph

English

graphitoid

From graphite + -oid.

Formed from graphite + -oid

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

adj Resembling graphite.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / graphitoid