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Where does the word "graphic" come from? It comes from Greek graphikos, and was adopted directly into English (1600s).
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Where does the word "graphic" come from? It comes from Greek graphikos, and was adopted directly into English (1600s).
Graphic’s story begins in Greek: graphikos meant “relating to writing or drawing.” Relating to writing or drawing, from graphein (to write). It reached English by 1600s as graphic. Settled as the word for anything vividly descriptive or visual. Today, graphic means relating to visual art, or described in vivid detail.
- Stage 1 · Greek · ancient graphikos "relating to writing or drawing", relating to writing or drawing, from graphein (to write).
- Stage 2 · English · 1600s graphic "relating to visual art, or vividly descriptive", settled as the word for anything vividly descriptive or visual.