photolytic etymology

English word photolytic comes from English -lytic, English photo- (Light, electromagnetic radiation. Photography.)

Detailed word origin of photolytic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-lytic English (eng) Used in adjectives relating to nouns with the suffix -lysis.
photo- English (eng) Light, electromagnetic radiation. Photography.
photolytic English (eng) Of, or relating to photolysis.

Words with the same origin as photolytic

Descendants of -lytic
adipolytic adrenolytic amidolytic biolytic cerumenolytic erythrolytic exolytic gelatinolytic glycogenolytic glycogenolytically glycolytic haemolytic homolytic karyolytic keratinolytic ligninolytic oncolytic photolytically psycholytic saccharolytic thiolytic thrombolytic urealytic zymolytic
Descendants of photo-
photo photography