Etymology

telephotograph

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Today it means: A photograph taken with a telephoto lens. Full definition →

English photograph ← Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) ← Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Englishtele-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  6. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  7. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  8. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  9. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  10. Englishphoto-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  12. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  13. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  14. Englishphotograph
  15. English todaytelephotograph

From tele- + photograph.

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