Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photomap

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pho-tomap
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a map made by the superimposition of aerial photographs onto grid lines, contours and other normal map features

verb

to produce such a map (from a photograph or existing map)

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 map English photomap From photo- + map.

Inflected Forms

photomaps (plural) photomaps (present, singular) photomapping (participle, present) photomapped (participle, past) photomapped (past)

Derived Forms

topophotomap

Questions

What does photomap mean?: a map made by the superimposition of aerial photographs onto grid lines, contours and other normal map features
Where does photomap 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 map English photomap From photo- + map.

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