[1930–35; photo- + typesetting]This word is first recorded in the period 1930–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: kickback, preset, saddle stitch, uncertainty principle, videophoto- is a combining form meaning “light” (photobiology); also used to represent “photographic” or “photograph” in the formation of compoundwords. Other words that use the affix photo- include: photocell, photocoagulation, photogen, photography, photorealism