Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

photophilic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pho-tophilic
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That thrives in bright sunlight

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 -philic English photophilic From photo- + -philic.

Inflected Forms

more photophilic (comparative) most photophilic (superlative)

Questions

What does photophilic mean?
That thrives in bright sunlight
Where does photophilic 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 -philic English photophilic From photo- + -philic.

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