Meanings
adverbphotosynthetically (not comparable)
- not comparableBy the use of photosynthesis
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
- Proto-Hellenic*ksún
- Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
- Ancient Greekσυν- (sun-)
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
- Ancient Greekτίθημι (títhēmi)
- Ancient Greekσῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)
- Ancient Greekσύνθεσις (súnthesis)
- Ancient Greekσυνθετικός (sunthetikós)
- Frenchsynthétique
- Englishsynthetic
- Englishphotosynthetic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishphotosynthetically
From photosynthetic + -ally.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Italian fotosinteticamente
- fotosinteticamenteby the use of photosynthesis
Cite this entry
APA
photosynthetically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photosynthetically
MLA
“photosynthetically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photosynthetically. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photosynthetically,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photosynthetically.
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