Etymology

nonphotographically

Today it means: Not photographically; in a nonphotographic way. Full definition →

English photographically ← Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
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  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 Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  24. Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
  25. Englishphoto-
  26. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  27. Englishphotograph
  28. Englishphotographic
  29. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  30. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  31. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  32. Proto-Germanic*līką
  33. Englishphotographically
  34. English todaynonphotographically

From non- + photographically.

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