Where does “phot” come from?
phot (English) comes from English photograph, from English photo-, from Ancient Greek φωτο-, from Ancient Greek φῶς, from Proto-Hellenic pʰáos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-.
phot (English): A photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous...
Definitions
- A photometric unit of illuminance, or luminous...
Ancestry of “phot”, step by step
phot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English photograph
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | photograph | A picture created by projecting an image onto a... |
| 2 | English | photo- | light, electromagnetic radiation; photography |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φωτο- | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φῶς | Attic form of φᾰ́ος |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰáos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via French fossé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fossé | ditch; trench; moat |
| 2 | Middle French | fossé | trench; ditch |
| 3 | Old French | fossé | fosse |
| 4 | Late Latin | fossatum | entrenchment, place enclosed by a ditch; a ditch,... |
| 5 | Latin | fossō | to dig, pierce |
| 6 | Latin | fodiō | to dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰod- | to pierce, dig |