Etymology

photoganda

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Today it means: A photograph regarded as being published or broadcast in the interest of advancing an ideological agenda. Full definition →

English propaganda ← New Latin prōpāganda ← Latin prōpāgandus
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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*gerbʰ-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  10. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  11. Englishphotograph
  12. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  14. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  16. Proto-Italic*pro-
  17. Latinprō̆-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂ǵ-
  19. Latinprōpāgō
  20. Latinprōpāgandus
  21. New Latinprōpāganda
  22. Englishpropaganda
  23. English todayphotoganda

Blend of photograph + propaganda.

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