Etymology

photoscience

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Today it means: Any branch of physics, chemistry or biology concerned with the actions of light. Full definition →

English science ← Middle English science ← Old French science
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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*sek-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  10. Latinsciō
  11. Latinsciēns
  12. Latinscientia
  13. Old Frenchscience
  14. Middle Englishscience
  15. Englishscience
  16. English todayphotoscience

From photo- + science.

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