Etymology

nonphotographer

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Today it means: One who is not a photographer. Full definition →

English photographer ← Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  16. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  17. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  18. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  19. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  20. Englishphoto-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  22. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  23. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  24. Englishphotograph
  25. Englishphotographer
  26. English todaynonphotographer

From non- + photographer.

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