英语词汇photogenic的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	photogenic
词源	photogenic adj. 1839, "produced or caused by light," from photo- "light" + -genic "produced by." Originally in photogenic drawing, the early term for "photography;" meaning "photographing well" is first attested 1928, from photo- as short for "photograph." Entries linking to photogenic photo- word-forming element meaning "light" or "photographic" or "photoelectric," from Greek photo-, combining form of phōs (genitive phōtos) "light" (from PIE root bha- (1) "to shine"). -genic word-forming element meaning "producing, pertaining to generation;" see -gen + -ic. photo--genicbha- (1)*gene-telegenic (adj.) updated on April 25, 2017
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photogenic adj.