Latin/Photo

laiman · 26 Feb 2006 at 17:06

Just had a wee idea, does the word 'photo' as in 'photograph' etc stem from a particular part/word of latin as much of english does?
Thought it would be cool to use in a presentation (make me sound better lol) im doing but its a bit last minute for me to get to a library and google isnt helping.

philio16 · 26 Feb 2006 at 17:14

Photo is greek for light if I remember correctly

jegz · 26 Feb 2006 at 17:34

correct! found it on this website using google. http://photographytips.com/page.cfm/2062

PHOTO - (1)Photograph; (2) Greek for "light"

Beansprout · 26 Feb 2006 at 17:40

laiman said:
Just had a wee idea, does the word 'photo' as in 'photograph' etc stem from a particular part/word of latin as much of english does?
Thought it would be cool to use in a presentation (make me sound better lol) im doing but its a bit last minute for me to get to a library and google isnt helping.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=define:photo&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

define:[word] is very handy

robertgilbert86 · 26 Feb 2006 at 17:42

Well, a photon is a piece/ray of light

laiman · 26 Feb 2006 at 17:53

excelent, thought it was something like that but its a tough crowd and i didnt want to make something up and get heckled!

define: havent seen that before, cheers