myEtymology.com: English etymology of photoplay

Etymology of the English word photoplay

the English word photoplay

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-

derived from the English word play

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dlegh-