Etymology

historadiography

Today it means: the radiography of soft tissue using long wavelength X-rays of low penetrating power Full definition →

English radiography ← Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Ancient Greekῐ̔στός (hĭstós)
  3. Englishhisto-
  4. Latinradius
  5. Englishradio-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  7. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  8. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  9. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  10. Englishradiography
  11. English todayhistoradiography

From histo- + radiography.

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