graph / gram
to write, to draw; writing
Greek · graphein (γράφω) / gramma
Greek graphein means to write or draw, so graph and gram words name a written or drawn record: a biography is a written life, a diagram is a drawn plan, a telegram is far writing.
Memory trick
Graph: a graphite pencil in your hand writing or drawing on paper.
Words from this root
- biography (bio + graph + y) — a written account of a lifeजीवनी
- biographer (bio + graph + er) — a person who writes about another lifeजीवनीकार
- autobiography (auto + bio + graph + y) — a life story written by oneselfआत्मकथा
- bibliography (biblio + graph + y) — a list of books on a subjectग्रंथ सूची
- calligraphy (calli + graph + y) — beautiful handwritingसुलेख
- cartography (carto + graph + y) — the art of making mapsमानचित्रकला
- geography (geo + graph + y) — the study of the earth and its placesभूगोल
- diagram (dia + gram) — a drawing that explains somethingआरेख, रेखाचित्र
- grammar (gram + mar) — rules for writing and speaking a languageव्याकरण
- cablegram (cable + gram) — a message sent by undersea cableकेबल संदेश, तार
- cardiogram (cardio + gram) — a record of heart activityहृदय आलेख
- cryptogram (crypto + gram) — a message written in secret codeगुप्त संकेत संदेश
- epigraph (epi + graph) — a short quote at the start of a bookउद्धरण, आरंभिक सूक्ति
- anagram (ana + gram) — a word made by rearranging lettersअक्षर-विन्यास से बना शब्द
- histogram (histo + gram) — a bar chart of dataआयत चित्र, बार चार्ट