Etymology

photoproduction

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Today it means: The production of a molecular species (e.g. a radical or ion) by means of light Full definition →

English production ← Middle English produccioun ← Old French production
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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*per-der.?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  12. Proto-Italic*pro-
  13. Latinprō-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  16. Proto-Italic*doukō
  17. Latindūcō
  18. Latinprōdūcō
  19. Latinprōductiō
  20. Old Frenchproduction
  21. Middle Englishproduccioun
  22. Englishproduction
  23. English todayphotoproduction

From photo- + production.

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