Etymology

spectroheliogram

Today it means: A photograph taken using a spectroheliograph. Full definition →

English heliogram ← Latin spectrum
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The story

  1. Latinspeciō
  2. Latinspectrum
  3. Englishspectrum
  4. Englishspectro-
  5. Englishheliogram
  6. English todayspectroheliogram

From spectro- + heliogram.

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