Etymograph

English

kindergraph

From German Kind (“child”) + German -er- + -graph, influenced by kindergarten.

A compound of Kind ‘child’ + -er- + -graph

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

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Proto-Germanic *kinþiz ‘kind’

Proto-West Germanic *kundi

Old English cynd ‘inherent nature’

Middle English kynde

English Kind

The story

From German Kind (‘child’) + German -er- + -graph, influenced by kindergarten.

Today it means

noun A photograph of a child.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / kindergraph