photograph
You said Old English. It's Greek.
How that family writes these sounds
| /f/ | ph, transliterating φ. English had a perfectly good f and pointedly didn't use itphotograph, philosophy, sphere, amphibian |
What gives it away on the page
| ph | Transliterates φ. English had a perfectly good f and didn't use it — that's the tell.photograph, philosophy, sphere, amphibian |
Placing it without the spelling
| science, medicine, technical coinage | Greekphotograph, chemistry, system, pneumonia |
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