Where does “biopixel” come from?
biopixel (English) comes from English pixel, from English pix, from English pictures, from English picture, from Middle English pycture, from Old French picture, from Latin pictūra, from Latin pingō — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
biopixel (English): Any of an organized array of colonial bacteria
Definitions
- Any of an organized array of colonial bacteria
Ancestry of “biopixel”, step by step
biopixel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pixel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pixel | One of the tiny dots that make up the... |
| 2 | English | pix | 1946, “Palisades Notes”, in "The Billboard",... |
| 3 | English | pictures | plural of picture; API pl; cinema, movie theatre |
| 4 | English | picture | A representation of anything upon canvas, paper,... |
| 5 | Middle English | pycture | — |
| 6 | Old French | picture | — |
| 7 | Latin | pictūra | painting, the art of painting |
| 8 | Latin | pingō | to decorate, adorn, embellish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |
via English Bio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bio | Abbreviation of biology |
| 2 | English | biology | The study of all life or living matter; The... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βίος | life |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Γένεσις | Genesis. The title of the first book of the Bible and Pentateuch as in the Septuagint translation in Greek |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | génetis | origin, source |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |