Etymology of the English word phototube
the English word
phototubederived from the English word
tubederived from the Old French word
tubederived from the Classical Latin word
tubus (pipe; lute; trumpet)
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
