Etymology

photoglyphy

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Today it means: A kind of engraving caused by the action of light, used in the mid 19th century Full definition →

Ancient Greek γλυφή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγλυφή“carving”
  2. English todayphotoglyphy

From photo- + Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”) + -y.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγλυφή all →

glyphgalvanoglyphyphytoglyphyxyloglyphy

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