photoactivable

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adjective

photoactivatable

OriginEnglish activable ← Middle English actyf ← Old French actif →
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Meanings

adjectivephotoactivable (not comparable)
  1. not comparablephotoactivatable

Origin

  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*h₂eǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  10. Proto-Italic*agō
  11. Latinagō
  12. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  13. Latināctīvu
  14. Old Frenchactif
  15. Middle Englishactyf
  16. Englishactive
  17. Englishactivate
  18. Englishactivable
  19. Englishphotoactivable

From photo- + activable.

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APA

photoactivable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoactivable

MLA

“photoactivable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoactivable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photoactivable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photoactivable.

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