photo

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A picture made with a camera.

   I took a photo of the sunset at the beach.

2. 2
   verb

   To take a picture of someone or something with a camera.

   The tourists photoed each other in front of the tower.

Common collocations

• photo shoot Adjective + noun
• photo finish Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photographclip. English photo Clipping of photograph.

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