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Etymology of the English word photoreduction

the English word photoreduction
derived from the English word reduction
derived from the Old French word reduction
derived from the Latin word reductio
derived from the Medieval Latin word reductus (receding deeply, set back)
derived from the Latin word reducere (lead back, bring back; restore)
derived from the Latin word ducere (to lead; to lead or draw; to lead, dim; to lead, carry; lead, command; think)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deuk- (to lead)
using the Latin prefix re-
derived from the Latin word cere
using the Latin prefix sub-
derived from the Late Latin word sub (under)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *upo
derived from the Latin word facere (to make; act, take action, be active; compose, write; classify; do, make; create; make, build, construct; produce; produce by growth; bring forth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dhē-
derived from the French word interdir
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


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