Where does “photoheliography” come from?
photoheliography (English) comes from English heliography, from English helio, from English heliotrope, from French héliotrope, from Latin heliotropium, from Ancient Greek ἡλιοτρόπιον, from Ancient Greek Ἥλιος, from Ancient Greek τύπος — to push, to hit.
photoheliography (English): Heliography (photography of the sun), especially as undertaken using a photoheliograph
Definitions
- Heliography (photography of the sun), especially as undertaken using a photoheliograph
Ancestry of “photoheliography”, step by step
photoheliography traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English heliography
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | heliography | The scientific study of the sun; The art of... |
| 2 | English | helio | A heliotrope |
| 3 | English | heliotrope | A plant that turns so that it faces the sun; A... |
| 4 | French | héliotrope | heliotrope |
| 5 | Latin | heliotropium | heliotrope |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἡλιοτρόπιον | heliotrope; sundial, solar clock; bloodstone, a... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
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- | — |