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Photograph

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means an image captured and recorded by a camera
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Stage 1 of 2
phos + graphe
Greek · ancient
"light writing"
combining "phos" (light) and "graphe" (writing, drawing)
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photograph
English · 1839
"an image captured by light-sensitive material"
coined from Greek roots to describe the new image-capturing process
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