Etymology

photoconsumption

Today it means: The consumption of a chemical species (typically molecular oxygen) under the influence of light Full definition →

English consumption ← Middle English consumpcioun ← Old French consumpcion
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  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*ḱe?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  10. Proto-Italic*kom
  11. Proto-Italic*kom-
  12. Latincon-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  14. Proto-Italic*supo
  15. Latinsub
  16. Latinsub-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₁em-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₁émeti
  19. Proto-Italic*emō
  20. Latinemō
  21. Latinsūmō
  22. Latincōnsūmō
  23. Latincōnsūmptiō
  24. Old Frenchconsumpcion
  25. Middle Englishconsumpcioun
  26. Englishconsumption
  27. English todayphotoconsumption

From photo- + consumption.

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