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Photography. Photo (φωτο, φώς)- means light and -grafy (γράφη-μα) means drawing.
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What does write and illustrate means?
it means to draw a picture and write a story about it or you can just draw a picture and write sentences
What is the greek root that means to write?
The Greek root that means to write is "graph."
What is the Latin name for photography?
It is Photography. Photography comes from 2 greek words Photo is the stem that means "light" and graphein is the verb that means "to write" so literally, photography means writing with light
What is the Latin and greek root for graph?
It comes from the Greek word "graphos" meaning 'to write'.
What words have a root that means write?
The Greek root graph- is usually taken to mean "write" though in fact it really means "make scratch marks." Likewise, the distantly related Latin root scrip- means "to engrave with a sharp instrument, or to draw lines" and hence "to write."
What is the Greek or Latin root meaning of graph?
To write
Where does the word pictograph come from?
From Ancient Greek φωτός (photos, "light"), plus γράφειν (graphein, "write")Literaly written with lightEngland: the word was coined by Sir John Herschel on March 14th, 1839.
What does illustration writing mean?
it means to draw a picture and write a story about it or you can just draw a picture and write sentences
Why photography called?
It comes from The Greek word photo - light and graphos - writing. A photograph is writing with light.
Latin word for photography?
Answer Many words in the English language come to us from Latin or Ancient Greek. "Photo" is derived from Greek - the Greek word "phos" means "light." The word "graph" also comes from a Greek word meaning "to draw." A Photograph is therefore a drawing made with light. We often shortern the word "photograph" to "photo." The latin word for "light" is "lux."
How do you say photography in Greek?
Φωτογραφία (photographia) from the greek words fos (light) + grapho (write)
Does phonograph have greek or Latin roots?
greek phono means voice graph means write or engrave
