φωσφόρος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- That which brings light, light bearing
- torch bearing (often as an epithet of a god or priestess)
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek φῶς (light).
Origin
Ancient Greek
φῶς
Gloss
light
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
光, 明
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- euphotide English
- phosphorus English
- photo- English
- photon English
- lūciferum Latin
- phosphorus Latin
- phosphorus, phōsphorus Latin
- phōsphorus Latin
- Phosphor German
- Phosphorkreislauf German
- Phosphormolybdat German
- Phosphornekrose German
- Phosphoroxid German
- Phosphorpentachlorid German
- Phosphorpentasulfid German
- Phosphorpentoxid German
- Phosphorsulfid German
- Phosphorsäure German
- Phosphorvergiftung German
- Phosphorzyklus German
- foto- German
- fosforo Italian
- lucifero Italian
- fosfor Dutch, Flemish
- phosphore French
- фо́сфор Russian
- фосфор Russian
- фосфорный Russian
- фотолиз Russian
- фотометр Russian
- fósforo Spanish, Castilian
- phosphorus, phōsphorus Spanish, Castilian
- Φωσφόρος Ancient Greek
- Φώτιος Ancient Greek
- φωτεινός Ancient Greek
- φῶς Ancient Greek
- ἀγλαοφῶτις Ancient Greek
- foto- Norwegian Bokmål
- fósforo Portuguese
- foto- Norwegian Nynorsk
- fóta- Irish
- fosfor Danish
- fotograf Danish
- fosfor Czech
- fosforečný Czech
- fosforovodík Czech
- fotograf Czech
- fotograf Serbo-Croatian
- fosfór Icelandic
- fósforo Galician
- ֆոսֆոր Armenian
- fotograf Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- φως Greek (modern)
- fosfor Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- fosfor Faroese
- фосфор Kazakh
- fosfor Estonian
- fotograf Slovak
- fotografia Slovak
- fotografista Slovak
- fosfor Crimean Tatar
- *pʰáos Proto-Hellenic
- φωτία Medieval Greek