Etymology

photoremovable

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Today it means: That can be photoreleased Full definition →

English removable ← Middle English removen ← Anglo-Norman remover
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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-Italic*wre-
  9. Latinre-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  12. Proto-Italic*moweō
  13. Latinmoveō
  14. Latinremoveō
  15. Old Frenchremovoir
  16. Anglo-Normanremover
  17. Middle Englishremoven
  18. Englishremove
  19. Englishremovable
  20. English todayphotoremovable

From photo- + removable.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.