Answer Many words in the English language come to us from Latin or Ancient Greek. "Photo" is derived from Greek - the Greek word "phos" means "light." The word "graph" also comes from a Greek word meaning "to draw." A Photograph is therefore a drawing made with light. We often shortern the word "photograph" to "photo." The latin word for "light" is "lux."
light
The root "photo" comes from the Greek word "phos" which means light.
φώς (phos). Root word photo-
The Greek syllable 'phot-' is the root of the Greek noun phos. The root word 'phos' is Greek for 'light' in English. The root word copia is Latin for 'abundance' in English. The English derivative is 'copy'.
"Rita" is short for "Margarita", which is the Greek word for a "pearl". The Greek word originally came from the Persian word for "light" because the ancients believed that pearls were created by light falling into the ocean.
Photo itself is the root word, meaning light.
Its ελαφρύ (elafri).
Greek Means "painting with light".
φωτογραφία (photographia). Its a greek word meaning a drawing made from light (like a picture).
The word "photography" comes from the Greek words photoswhich means "light" and graphe' which means "drawing" or "writing," giving us "drawing with light."
The word "photo" originated from the Greek word "phΕtos," which means light.