Etymology

photocall

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Today it means: A gathering of theatrical performers for the purpose of being photographed. Full definition →

English call ← Middle English callen ← Old English *callian
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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*gels-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*golsos
  15. Proto-Germanic*kalzaz
  16. Proto-Germanic*kalzōną
  17. Proto-West Germanic*kalʀōn
  18. Old Englishceallian
  19. Old English*callian
  20. Middle Englishcallen
  21. Englishcall
  22. English todayphotocall

From photo + call.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.