phot
light
Greek · phos, photos (φῶς)
Phot and photo come from Greek phos, photos, "light". They appear in words about light, images made with light, and processes that use light.
Memory trick
A PHOTOgraph is a picture drawn by LIGHT.
Words from this root
- photo (photo) — a picture taken with a cameraतस्वीर, फ़ोटो
- photocopier (photo + copier) — a machine that copies pagesफ़ोटोकॉपी मशीन
- photocopy (photo + copy) — to copy using lightफ़ोटोकॉपी करना
- photograph (photo + graph) — a picture made by lightफ़ोटो, तस्वीर
- photographer (photo + graph + er) — a person who takes photosफ़ोटोग्राफ़र
- photographic (photo + graph + ic) — of photographyफ़ोटोग्राफ़ी संबंधी
- photography (photo + graphy) — the art of taking picturesफ़ोटोग्राफ़ी
- photosynthesis (photo + synthesis) — plants making food with lightप्रकाश संश्लेषण
- photochemical (photo + chemical) — chemical change caused by lightप्रकाश-रासायनिक
- photoelectric (photo + electric) — making electricity from lightप्रकाश-विद्युत
- photocell (photo + cell) — a cell that senses lightप्रकाश सेल
- photodrama (photo + drama) — an early film dramaशुरुआती फ़िल्म नाटक