epigraphy
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
epi-
-y
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
epigraphy
a collection of epigraphs, the study or understanding of epigraphs
碑文, 题铭, 题铭研究
Dissection of epigraphy
epigraphy = epi- (upon, in addition, at) + graph (write, draw, describe, record, carve) + -y (suffix for abstract noun; a collection of)
epigraphy =a collection of words that are written upon or on something such as a monument or a building
epigraphy = extended further to mean the study of the words that are written upon or on something such as a monument or a building
Now Repeat my Dissection
epigraphy =a collection of words that are written upon or on something such as a monument or a building
epigraphy = extended further to mean the study of the words that are written upon or on something such as a monument or a building
Important roots for this word:
graph
epi-
-y
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
Repetition is the key to learning.
Now please try to dissect the word into the roots that you know yourself in the box below:
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