Etymology

thoughtography

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Today it means: The supposed psychic ability of imprinting images onto film. Full definition →

English photography ← French photographie ← Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*teng-
  2. Proto-Germanic*þankijaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*þanhtaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*þą̄ht
  5. Old Englishþōht
  6. Middle Englishthought
  7. Englishthought
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  10. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  11. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  12. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  13. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  14. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  15. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  16. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
  17. Frenchphotographie
  18. Englishphotography
  19. English todaythoughtography

Blend of thought + photography.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.