Etymology

shadowgraph

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Today it means: A shadow-picture; a radiograph or X-ray photograph; a sciagram. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ← Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
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The story

  1. Englishshadow
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  4. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  5. English todayshadowgraph

From shadow + -graph.

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