Where does “MJPEG” come from?
MJPEG (English) comes from English motion, from Middle English mocioun, from Middle French motion, from Latin mōtio, from Latin movēre, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- — to move.
MJPEG (English): A video compression format in which each video frame or interlaced field of a digital video sequence is compressed separately as a JPEG image
Definitions
- A video compression format in which each video frame or interlaced field of a digital video sequence is compressed separately as a JPEG image
Ancestry of “MJPEG”, step by step
MJPEG traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English motion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | motion | A state of progression from one place to another;... |
| 2 | Middle English | mocioun | — |
| 3 | Middle French | motion | — |
| 4 | Latin | mōtio | motion, movement |
| 5 | Latin | movēre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *m(y)ewh₁- | to move |
via English JPEG
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | JPEG | An image using the JFIF image file format,... |