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photoengrave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pho-to-en-grave
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a photoengraving of an image

Etymology

Etymology tree 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-)der. English photo- English engrave English photoengrave From photo- + engrave.

Inflected Forms

photoengraves (present, singular) photoengraving (participle, present) photoengraved (participle, past) photoengraved (past)

Questions

What does photoengrave mean?
To make a photoengraving of an image
Where does photoengrave come from?
Etymology tree 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-)der. English photo- English engrave English photoengrave From photo- + engrave.

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