photoelectricity

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh2- Proto-Indo-European *bhéh2os Proto-Hellenic *pháwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English electricity English photoelectricity From photo- + electricity.

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: fotoelectricitat — electricity produced by the photoelectric effect
• Chinese Mandarin: 光電 /光电 (guāngdiàn) — electricity produced by the photoelectric effect
• Finnish: valosähkö — electricity produced by the photoelectric effect
• Indonesian: fotoelektrisitas — electricity produced by the photoelectric effect
• Italian: fotoelettricità — electricity produced by the photoelectric effect
• Japanese: 光電 — electricity produced by the photoelectric effect
• Marathi: प्रकाश विद्युत (prakāś vidyut) — electricity produced by the photoelectric effect
• Portuguese: fotoeletricidade — electricity produced by the photoelectric effect
• Spanish: fotoelectricidad — electricity produced by the photoelectric effect
• Swedish: fotoelektricitet — electricity produced by the photoelectric effect
• Tagalog: sugadagitban — electricity produced by the photoelectric effect
• Ukrainian: фотоеле́ктрика (fotoeléktryka) — electricity produced by the photoelectric effect