English
lithophotography
Lithophotography comes from French photographie ‘photography’, from Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to scratch, cut into’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰō‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγρᾰ́φωgrắphō‘to scratch, cut into’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentphotographie‘photography’
- English1500–presentphotography
- Englishtodaylithophotography
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gerbʰ-‘to carve’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*grə́pʰō‘to scratch, cut or carve into’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγρᾰ́φωgrắphō‘to scratch, cut into’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentphotographie‘photography’
- English1500–presentphotography
- Englishtodaylithophotography
A compound of litho- + photography
Ancient Greek λῐ́θος ‘a stone’
English litho-
French photographie
English photography
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- ‘to carve’
grammar, crawl, crab, carve, crawfish, 80 more
through Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō ‘to scratch, cut or carve into’
photo, cinema, graphic, graphite, graphene, epigram, 73 more
through Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω ‘to scratch, cut into’
graffiti, graft, grimoire, demography, epigraph, ultrasonography, sonography, 40 more
through English photography
Today it means
noun photolithography
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- / lithophotography