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photographize en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English photographize From photograph + -ize.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive, archaic) To take one or more photographs of something.
   • […] began climbing over ice, snow, and rocks, till at 10.15 we reached the top of the pass, and stopped again to eat, photographize, and look about. 1896, Arthur Fenton Hort, Life and Letters of Fenton John Anthony Hort, volume 1, page 328:

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