Etymology

photoreproduction

Today it means: A photocopy. Full definition →

English reproduction ← 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-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. Latinprōductiō
  25. Old Frenchproduction
  26. Middle Englishproduccioun
  27. Englishproduction
  28. Englishreproduction
  29. English todayphotoreproduction

From photo- + reproduction.

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