Etymology of the English word photocell
the English word
photocellderived from the English word
cellderived from the Latin word
cella (cell; monastery; storeroom, cellar, larder)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kel-using the English prefix
photo-derived from the Latin prefix
photo-derived from the Greek prefix
photo-, φωτο-, ϕωτο-
derived from the Greek word
phos, φῶς (light; luminousness (in the widest application, natural or artificial, abstract or concrete, literal or figurative))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bha-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhā-Usage
Word found in Modern English
