PHOTOGRAPH*
VISUAL SYMBOL to communicate to others understanding of my own personally held meaning of the English terms at this time in 2010:
CONCRETE COGNITION OF CHILDHOOD
Technical writing undertaken today: December 17, 2010 |
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A Roman statue on the shore of the Mediterranean sea in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)
CAPTION: Washington Post: Posted at 10:27 AM ET, 12/16/2010 |
PHOTOGRAPH: 1839, "picture obtained by photography," coined by Sir John Herschel |
- photo-
- comb. form meaning "light" or "photographic," from Gk. photo-, comb. form of phos (gen. photos) "light," from PIE base *bha- "to shine" (see phantasm).
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- phantasm
- early 13c., fantesme, from O.Fr. fantasme, from L. phantasma "an apparition, specter," from Gk. phantasma "image, phantom," from phantazein "to make visible, display," from stem of phainein "to show," from PIE base *bha- "to shine" (cf. Skt. bhati "shines, glitters," O.Ir. ban "white, light, ray of light"). Spelling conformed to Latin from 16c.
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