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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 , especially as undertaken using a...

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  1. Heliography , especially as undertaken using a...

Ancestry of “photoheliography”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheliographyThe scientific study of the sun; The art of...
2EnglishhelioA heliotrope
3EnglishheliotropeA plant that turns so that it faces the sun; A...
4Frenchhéliotropeheliotrope
5Latinheliotropiumheliotrope
6Ancient Greekἡλιοτρόπιονheliotrope; sundial, solar clock; bloodstone, a...
7Ancient GreekἭλιοςsun
8Ancient GreekτύποςA blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,...
9Ancient Greekτύπτωto beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself
10Proto-Indo-European(s)tewp-to push, to stick
11Proto-Indo-European(s)tew-to push, to hit
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