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- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Latindis-
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
- Proto-Italic*wiðō
- Latin*vidō
- Latindīvidō
- Latindīvīsus
- Old Frenchdevis
- Middle Englishdevis
- Englishdevice
- English todayphotodevice
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.