Graphic etymology

English

English word graphic comes from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂-, Proto-Hellenic *grəpʰō (To write.)

Etymology of graphic

Detailed word origin of graphic

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*gerh₂- Proto-Indo-European (ine) to call hoarsely, to cry hoarsely
*grəpʰō Proto-Hellenic (grk-pro) To write.
*gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
γράφω Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc)
γραφή Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc)
γραφικός Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc)
graphicus Latin (lat)
graphic English (en) (geology) Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks.. Drawn, pictorial. Vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence (mostly in plural) A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.. A drawing or picture.

Words with the same origin as graphic

Descendants of *gerh₂-

craft crane creep crow fox group po porn program telegram true

Descendants of *grəpʰō

diagram grammar para paragraph porno pornography