Etymology

photodocumentary

Today it means: A collection of photographs serving as a documentary. Full definition →

English documentary ← French documentaire ← Latin documentum
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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*deḱ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
  10. Proto-Italic*dokejō
  11. Proto-Italic*dokeō
  12. Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
  13. Latindoceō
  14. Latindocumentum
  15. Frenchdocument
  16. Frenchdocumentaire
  17. Englishdocumentary
  18. English todayphotodocumentary

From photo- + documentary.

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