In language, roots are the basic parts of
words that provide meaning to the word
and is used to form multiple words. In
the case of the words topographer,
topographic, topography and similar the
root word is
"'top" that derives from the
Greek word "topos" and means "place"
also this is combined with the suffix",
graphy" and similar that means "study"
or "writing" considering topography is
the field that studies land or places,
topographer is the expert that studies
land, and topographic is an adjective to
describe elements related to
topography. Thus, the meaning of the
rood -top- is place.