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Where does “lithographic” come from?

Lithographic comes from English lithograph, which combines English litho- and English -graph, derived from Latin -icus and Ancient Greek γράφω, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ger-.

lithographic (English): Related to the method of lithography

Definitions

  1. Related to the method of lithography

Ancestry of “lithographic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “lithographic”

  • photolithographic
  • lithographically
  • chromolithographic
  • photolithographically
  • stereolithographic
  • nanolithographic
  • microlithographic
  • nanolithographically
  • nonphotolithographic
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