Etymology

photoallergy

P3H4O1T1O1A1L1L1E1R1G2Y4

Today it means: An allergy that is activated by light. Full definition →

English allergy ← German Allergie ← Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  7. Englishphoto-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élyos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*ál͏̌l͏̌os
  11. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  14. Proto-Hellenic*wérgon
  15. Ancient Greekἔργον (érgon)
  16. GermanAllergie
  17. Englishallergy
  18. English todayphotoallergy

From photo- + allergy.

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