Etymology

photodevice

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Today it means: A photodetector. Full definition →

English device ← Middle English devis ← Old French devis
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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. Latindis-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  13. Proto-Italic*wiðō
  14. Latin*vidō
  15. Latindīvidō
  16. Latindīvīsus
  17. Old Frenchdevis
  18. Middle Englishdevis
  19. Englishdevice
  20. English todayphotodevice

From photo- + device.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.