-graphy

1. a combining form denoting a process or form of drawing, writing, representing, recording, describing, etc., or an art or science concerned with such a process:

   biography; choreography; geography; orthography; photography.

-graphy

combining form

1. indicating a form or process of writing, representing, etc

   photography

   calligraphy

2. indicating an art or descriptive science

   oceanography

   choreography

Word History and Origins

Origin of -graphy¹

< Greek -graphia. See -graph, -y ³

Word History and Origins

Origin of -graphy¹

via Latin from Greek -graphia, from graphein to write