myEtymology.com: English etymology of photography

Etymology of the English word photography

the English word photography

using the English suffix -graphy

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-

Derivations in English

astrophotography, electrophotography, reprography, stereophotography, telephotography

Cognates

Danish fotografi, Dutch fotografie, French photographie, German Fotografie, Norwegian fotografi, Swedish fotografi