Where does “photocrayon” come from?
photocrayon (English) comes from English crayon, from French crayon, from French craie, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
photocrayon (English): A form of enlarged photographic portrait in which a wet-plate transparency on glass was backed with white paper, on which line work was done with crayon, pencil and colour
Definitions
- A form of enlarged photographic portrait in which a wet-plate transparency on glass was backed with white paper, on which line work was done with crayon, pencil and colour
Ancestry of “photocrayon”, step by step
photocrayon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English crayon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crayon | A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing;... |
| 2 | French | crayon | pencil; pen; cock, dick, prick |
| 3 | French | craie | chalk |
| 4 | Latin | Crēta | chalk |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English photo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | photo | A photograph; A photo finish; To take a... |
| 2 | English | photography | The art and technology of producing images on... |
| 3 | French | photographie | photography; photograph |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φωτο- | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φῶς | Attic form of φᾰ́ος |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰáos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |