Where does “fotoreportage” come from?

fotoreportage (Italian) comes from Italian reportage, from French reportage, from French reporter, from English reporter, from English report, from Middle English reporten, from Old French reporter, from Old French re- — passed , crossed.

fotoreportage (Italian): photojournalism

Definitions

  1. photojournalism

Ancestry of “fotoreportage”, step by step

fotoreportage traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian reportage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianreportagereport; reportage; coverage
2Frenchreportagereportage
3Frenchreporterto carry something back to where it was; to wear...
4EnglishreporterSomeone or something that reports; A journalist...
5EnglishreportTo relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something)
6Middle Englishreportento report
7Old Frenchreporterto bring back; to gain; to get
8Old Frenchre-re- again; once more
9Latinrĕ-back, backwards
10Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
11Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
12Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
15Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
16Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via Dutch foto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchfotophoto, photograph
2Dutchfotografiephotography; photograph
3Frenchphotographiephotography; photograph
4Ancient Greekφωτο-—
5Ancient GreekφῶςAttic form of φᾰ́ος
6Proto-Hellenicpʰáos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéh₂os—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-to shine, glow light; to speak, say
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂-s-ri-—

via Dutch reportage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchreportage—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →