Where does “photogenicism” come from?

photogenicism (English) comes from English photogenic, from English genic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

photogenicism (English): The condition of being photogenic

Definitions

  1. The condition of being photogenic

Ancestry of “photogenicism”, step by step

photogenicism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English photogenic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphotogenicGenerated or caused by light; Producing or...
2Englishgenicof, relating to, produced by, or being a gene
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-un-, non-, not
12Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English ism

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishismAn ideology, system of thought, or practice that...
2English-ismUsed to form nouns of action or process or result...
3Latin-ismus-ism
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en