photomechanical

adjective

of or relating to or involving various methods of using photography to make plates for printing

Roots

phosphoto- · Greek · light mechanemechan- · Greek · machine, contrivance ikos-ic · Greek · pertaining to alis-al · Latin · relating to

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Where does photomechanical come from?

The word photomechanical breaks down into 4 roots of Greek and Latin origin: photo-, from Greek phos (“light”); mechan, from Greek mechane (“machine, contrivance”); -ic, from Greek ikos (“pertaining to”); and -al, from Latin alis (“relating to”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.