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photoautotroph
Photoautotroph comes from Ancient Greek φῶς ‘light’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘shine’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘shine’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéh₂osreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰáwosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφάος‘light’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφῶςphôs‘light’
- Englishtodayphotoautotroph
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰeh₂-‘shine’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéh₂osreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰáwosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφάος‘light’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφῶςphôs‘light’
- Englishtodayphotoautotroph
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘shine’
focus, phone, famous, professor, fuel, ben, favor, favourite, ban, fantasy, phase, fate, fancy, fame, fatal, bee, fairy, fabulous, emphasis, abandon, profession, infant, phenomenon, confession, confess, beacon, beck, symphony, phantom, boon, eff, fab, fay, bane, fable, foyer, banish, epiphany, buoy, nefarious, 128 more
through Ancient Greek φῶς ‘light’
Today it means
noun an organism, such as all green plants, that can synthesize its own food from inorganic material using light as a source of energy
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- / photoautotroph