Where does “photo finish” come from?
photo finish (Italian) comes from English photo finish — The finish of a race in which the leaders are so close together that the winner cannot be identified using the naked eye but is determined by means of a photograph.
Ancestry of “photo finish”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | photo finish | The finish of a race in which the leaders are so close together that the winner cannot be identified using the naked eye but is determined by means of a photograph |