Etymology

photoheliograph

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Today it means: A heliograph, with a camera attached, used to photograph the Sun. Full definition →

English heliograph ← Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-) ← Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos
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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. Englishheliograph
  9. English todayphotoheliograph

From photo- + heliograph.

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