Where does “synchro-sunlight” come from?
synchro-sunlight (English) comes from English synchro, from English synchromesh, from English synchro-, from Ancient Greek σύν, from Ancient Greek πατρίς, from Ancient Greek πᾰτήρ, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα — to name.
synchro-sunlight (English): The use of a flash in daylight in order to enhance the shadows in the resulting photograph
Definitions
- The use of a flash in daylight in order to enhance the shadows in the resulting photograph
Ancestry of “synchro-sunlight”, step by step
synchro-sunlight traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English synchro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | synchro | Any synchronized event, such as synchronized... |
| 2 | English | synchromesh | A system of synchronized transmission found in... |
| 3 | English | synchro- | synchronous; synchronized |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σύν | beside, with |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πατρίς | The place of one's father/ancestors: fatherland,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πᾰτήρ | father |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὄνυμα | Doric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὄνομα | name; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁nómn̥ | name |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃neh₃- | to name |
via English sunlight
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sunlight | All the electromagnetic radiation given off by... |
| 2 | Middle English | sonnelight | — |
| 3 | Old English | sunnan lēoht | sunlight |