English
graphium
Graphium comes from Latin graphium ‘stylus’, from Ancient Greek γραφεῖον ‘pencil’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’.
- 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 scratch, cut into’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEγραφεῖον‘pencil’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgraphium‘stylus’
- Englishtodaysame form
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 scratch, cut into’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEγραφεῖον‘pencil’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgraphium‘stylus’
- Englishtodaysame form
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, demography, grimoire, ultrasonography, epigraph, sonography, 76 more
through Ancient Greek γράφω ‘to scratch, cut into’
photo, cinema, epigram, 35 more
through Latin graphium ‘stylus’
Another origin of graphium
- 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 scratch, cut into’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEγραφεῖον‘pencil’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgraphium‘stylus’
- mulmodernGraphium
- Englishtodaygraphium
Today it means
noun A stylus (for writing).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- / graphium