Etymology

photobook

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Today it means: A book of photographs, often by a single photographer. Full definition →

English book ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc
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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*gerbʰ-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  10. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  11. Englishphotographclip.
  12. Englishphoto
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  15. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  16. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  17. Old Englishbōc
  18. Middle Englishbok
  19. Englishbook
  20. English todayphotobook

From photo + book.

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