photograph
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
phot
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
photograph
an images produced by radiating energy and light on a sensitive surface
相片; vi. 照相, 摄影; vt. 给...照相
Dissection of photograph
photograph = phot (light) + o + graph (write, draw, describe, record, carve)
photograph = drawing an image with light
photograph = extended further to mean an image produced by radiating light and energy on a sensitive surface
Now Repeat my Dissection
photograph = drawing an image with light
photograph = extended further to mean an image produced by radiating light and energy on a sensitive surface
Important roots for this word:
graph
phot
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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