Etymology

nonphotorealistic

Today it means: Not photorealistic. Full definition →

English photorealistic ← Middle English real ← Old French ree
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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*(H)reh₁-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  23. Proto-Italic*reis
  24. Classical Latinrēs
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  27. Late Latinreālis
  28. Old Frenchree
  29. Middle Englishreal
  30. Englishreal
  31. Englishrealist
  32. Englishrealistic
  33. Englishphotorealistic
  34. English todaynonphotorealistic

From non- + photorealistic.

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