Etymology

phoneography

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Today it means: The use of a mobile phone to take photographs. Full definition →

English photography ← French photographie ← Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Frenchtélé-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*pʰōnā́
  6. Ancient Greekφωνή (phōnḗ)
  7. Frenchtéléphone
  8. Englishtelephoneclip.
  9. Englishphone
  10. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  12. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  13. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  14. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  15. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  16. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  17. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  18. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  19. Frenchphotographie
  20. Englishphotography
  21. English todayphoneography

Blend of phone + photography; early 21st century.

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