Where does “photo-romance” come from?

photo-romance (English) comes from English photo, from English photography, from French photographie, from Ancient Greek φωτο-, from Ancient Greek φῶς, from Proto-Hellenic pʰáos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéh₂os, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-.

photo-romance (English): A romantic story illustrated with sequential...

Definitions

  1. A romantic story illustrated with sequential...

Ancestry of “photo-romance”, step by step

photo-romance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English photo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphotoA photograph; A photo finish; To take a...
2EnglishphotographyThe art and technology of producing images on...
3Frenchphotographiephotography; photograph
4Ancient Greekφωτο-
5Ancient GreekφῶςAttic form of φᾰ́ος
6Proto-Hellenicpʰáos
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂os
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-

via English Romance

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRomanceThe group of languages and cultures which are...
2Middle Englishromauns
3Old FrenchromanzOld French; a story in Old French; account
4Latinrōmānicēin the Roman manner
5Latinly; used to form adverbs from adjectives
6Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
7Latincalceusshoe
8Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
9Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-s-ri-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂-Every word from Ancient Greek φωτο-