electrophotography
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
any of several methods of photocopying in which an image is created and then transferred between surfaces using static electricity
Uncountable
Etymology
Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) French photographiebor. English photography English electrophotography From electro- + photography.