See also: foto, fotó, and Foto

Catalan

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, light).

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foto-

  1. photo-

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Czech

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Etymology

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Derived from Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, light).

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foto-

  1. photo-

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  • foto-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • foto- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, light).

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foto-

  1. photo-

Finnish

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Etymology

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Internationalism (see English photo-), ultimately from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfoto-/, [ˈfo̞t̪o̞-]

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foto-

  1. photo-

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  • In Finnish the prefix foto- is only used with loanwords.

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  • valo-
    valoherkkä
    photosensitive
    valokopiokone
    photocopier

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German

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photo-

Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, light).

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foto-

  1. photo-

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  • foto-” in Duden online
  • foto-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

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From φῶς (phôs, light).

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foto-

  1. photo-

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, light).

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  • IPA(key): /ˌfɔ.to/[1]
  • Hyphenation: fò‧to-

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foto-

  1. photo-

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References

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  1. ^ fòto- in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From the combining form φωτω- (phōtō-) of Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs).

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foto-

  1. photo-

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From the combining form φωτω- (phōtō-) of Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs).

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foto-

  1. photo-

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Polish

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φωτω (phōtō).

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foto-

  1. (photography) photo-
    foto- + ‎-graf → ‎fotograf

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  • foto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φωτός (phōtós), from φῶς (phôs, light).[1][2]

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foto-

  1. photo- (relating to light)
    Synonym: luci-
  2. photo- (relating to photography)

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  1. ^ foto-”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ foto-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), from φῶς (phôs, light) (genitive singular φωτός (phōtós)).

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  • IPA(key): /foto/ [fo.t̪o]
  • Syllabification: fo‧to-

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foto-

  1. photo-

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