Etymology

photospectroscopically

Today it means: In a photospectroscopic manner Full definition →

English spectroscopically ← Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
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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*speḱ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*spekjō
  11. Latinspeciō
  12. Latinspectrum
  13. Englishspectrum
  14. Englishspectro-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  16. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  17. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  18. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  19. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  20. Latinspectrum
  21. Frenchspectro-
  22. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  23. Frenchspectroscopie
  24. Frenchspectroscopique
  25. Englishspectroscopic
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  28. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  29. Proto-Germanic*līką
  30. Englishspectroscopically
  31. English todayphotospectroscopically

From photo- + spectroscopically.

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