Where does “Pictionary” come from?
Pictionary (English) comes from English Dictionary, from Middle English dixionare, from Medieval Latin dictionarium, from Latin dictiō, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Pictionary (English): A board game in which players advance by successfully identifying the words represented by pictures drawn by other players
Definitions
- A board game in which players advance by successfully identifying the words represented by pictures drawn by other players
Ancestry of “Pictionary”, step by step
Pictionary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Dictionary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dictionary | Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words |
| 2 | Middle English | dixionare | dictionary |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | dictionarium | dictionary |
| 4 | Latin | dictiō | a saying, speaking, speech, talk, oratory |
| 5 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English picture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | picture | A representation of anything upon canvas, paper,... |
| 2 | Middle English | pycture | — |
| 3 | Old French | picture | — |
| 4 | Latin | pictūra | painting, the art of painting |
| 5 | Latin | pingō | to decorate, adorn, embellish |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |