Etymology

photoreproduce

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Today it means: To photocopy. Full definition →

English reproduce ← Middle English produce ← Latin prōdūcō
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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-Italic*wre-
  9. Latinre-
  10. Old Frenchre-
  11. Middle Englishre-
  12. Englishre-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  15. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  16. Proto-Indo-European*pro-
  17. Proto-Italic*pro-
  18. Latinprō-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
  21. Proto-Italic*doukō
  22. Latindūcō
  23. Latinprōdūcō
  24. Middle Englishproduce
  25. Englishproduce
  26. Englishreproduce
  27. English todayphotoreproduce

From photo- + reproduce.

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