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Latest post Sun, Jul 24 2005 6:38 PM by BMO. 2 replies.
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Anonymous  +  120811 Sun, 24 Jul 05 07:24 AM

Is -graphy a root or a suffix?

Thanks.

 

bmo
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Mister Micawber  +  120852 Sun, 24 Jul 05 10:59 AM

I'd prefer to consider it a 'combining form' without attempting to further classify it.  In discography, it seems more like a suffix to me, while in geography, it seems more like 'graph' as root + 'y' as a noun-making suffix.  It has more to do with the relative weight of the remainder of the word, I think.
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BMO, 4 yr 108 days ago

Thanks. It make sense now.

bmo

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