But you don't know it
Photogenic originates from 2 Greek words, fos (φως) and -genis(-γενής). In Greek the word is φωτογενής (photogenis).
Fos means light and -genis someone that produce or produced by something. For this reason you can say a photogenic melanoma, or photogenic person.
The one means produced by light or the other produces light for this reason looks good in photographs.
The word “metaphor” comes from the Greek word ‘metaphora’, which is derived from ‘metapherein’, meaning ‘to transfer’ or ‘to carry over’. This Greek term itself is composed of two parts: ‘meta-‘, meaning ‘over, across’ or ‘beyond’, and ‘pherein’, meaning ‘to carry’ or ‘to bear’.
Hubris, from Greek ‘ὕβρις’ (hybris), signifies extreme arrogance, often leading to downfall due to overconfidence.
Explore the diverse meanings of ‘turn’, from rotating and changing direction to sequence of actions, rooted in Old English and Latin origins.