Etymology

heliotypy

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Today it means: A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which impressions are produced on paper as by lithography. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἥλιος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτύπος
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromἥλιος
  3. English todayheliotypy

From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios) + Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἥλιος all →

heliumhelioshelianthophobiahelio-heliodorhelioliteheliometerheliostatisohel

Ancient Greekτύπος all →

typeantitypousbrachytypous-typetypo-typolite

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