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Photo (light)

Photo

Greek phos, photos: light.

Plants use sunlight to make food by photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis

How green plants make food using sunlight.

Leaves need sunlight for photosynthesis.

Photocopy

A copy of a page made using light.

Rohan made a photocopy of his library card for the form.

Remember: Photo = light: a photograph is 'writing with light' (see Graph). Stress: foh-toh-SIN-thuh-sis. Photo on its own is a clipping of photograph.

Short lessonRootsMany English words are built on old Latin or Greek roots that carry a core meaning.

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