Etymograph

English

graphy

Graphy comes from French graphie ‘written form’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentgraphie‘written form’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1939graphy

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentgraphie‘written form’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1939graphy

Earliest quotation: 1939, Mildred Katharine Pope, Studies in French Language and Mediaeval Literature: “The scribe of the Oxford M.S. of the Roland…”

Every English word from French graphie

Today it means

noun A particular spelling or written form, in the context of the French language.

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Etymograph / French graphie / graphy

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