English
graphospasm
From grapho- + spasm.
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’
Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to scratch, cut into’
English grapho-
Ancient Greek σπάω ‘to draw out, pull out’
Ancient Greek σπασμός ‘spasm, convulsion’
Latin spasmus ‘cramp, convulsion, spasm’
Old French spasme
Middle English spasme
English spasm
Today it means
noun Writer's cramp, muscular spasms in the thumb and forefinger that occur when writing.
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Etymograph / graphospasm