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graphology
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix



graphology
the study of handwriting
笔迹学, 笔迹相法, 图表法
Dissection of graphology
graphology = graph (write, draw, describe, record, carve, extended further to mean handwriting) + o + log (idea, word, speech, discussion, reason, study) + -y (suffix for abstract, so logy means the study of)
graphology = the study of handwriting
Now Repeat my Dissection
Important roots for this word:
graph

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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