Rephotographed

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Captured a new photograph of an existing photograph or image
2. Took another photo of a previously photographed subject or picture
3. Made a fresh photographic copy of an earlier image or photo

Etymology: "Rephotographed" is the past tense and past participle of "rephotograph," which means to make a fresh photographic copy of an earlier image or photo. The verb is built from the prefix "re-," meaning again, attached to "photograph." The base word combines two Greek elements. "Phōto-" comes from "phōs," meaning light, and "-graph" comes from "gráphein," meaning to write or draw. A photograph is thus literally a drawing made with light, and the same sense of light-writing carries into the prefixed form. "Re-" comes from Latin, where it meant back or again, and reached English through Old French. Because "rephotograph" is a straightforward compound of "re-" and "photograph," its meaning follows directly from its parts: to photograph something a second time, usually to produce a new copy of an existing picture or document.