Etymology

photomovement

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Today it means: Synonym of phototaxis. Full definition →

English movement ← Middle English mevement ← Old French movement
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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. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*moweō
  11. Latinmovēre
  12. Old Frenchmovoir
  13. Old Frenchmovement
  14. Middle Englishmevement
  15. Englishmovement
  16. English todayphotomovement

From photo- + movement.

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