Etymology

coronagraph

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Today it means: A telescope that has an attachment which blocks out the direct light from the Sun or other star, allowing examination of the corona and the detection of exoplanets. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ← Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
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The story

  1. Englishcorona
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  4. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  5. English todaycoronagraph

From corona + -graph.

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