The story
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ptós
- Proto-Italic*aptos
- Latinaptus
- Proto-Indo-European[Term?]
- Proto-Italic*apjō
- Latinapiō
- Latinaptō
- Latinadaptō
- Medieval Latinadaptātiō
- Frenchadaptation
- Englishadaptation
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishadaptational
- English todayphotoadaptational
From photo- + adaptational.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.