Etymology

photosite

P3H4O1T1O1S1I1T1E1

Today it means: An individual light-sensitive element in a digital image sensor. Full definition →

English site ← Middle English site ← Anglo-Norman site
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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. Latinsitus
  9. Anglo-Normansite
  10. Middle Englishsite
  11. Englishsite
  12. English todayphotosite

From photo- + site.

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