Word part · Greek combining form
The Greek combining form photo
Means: light.
At a glance
- Part
- photo
- Meaning
- light
- Layer
- Greek: Combining forms behind science words, with spellings like ph and ch.
A photograph is drawn by light. Like many Greek forms it ends in o, so it joins the next part directly.
Example words
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Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- photo (root or base)+graph (root or base)→photograph
a picture drawn by light in a camera
- photo (root or base)+graph (root or base)+s (suffix)→photographs
more than one photograph
- photo (root or base)+graph (root or base)+er (suffix)→photographer
a person who takes photographs
- photo (root or base)+graphy (root or base)→photography
the art of taking photographs
- photo (root or base)+graph (root or base)+ic (suffix)→photographic
having to do with photographs
- photo (root or base)+copy (root or base)→photocopy
a copy made by a machine that uses light
- tele (root or base)+photo (root or base)→telephoto
a camera lens that makes far things look near
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