Where does “depiction” come from?
Depiction comes from French dépiction, derived from Latin depictio, meaning a portrayal or representation created through painting or description.
depiction (English): a lifelike image of something, either verbal or...
Definitions
- a lifelike image of something, either verbal or...
Ancestry of “depiction”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dépiction | — |
| 2 | Latin | depictio | depiction |
| 3 | Latin | depingo | I depict, I paint, I portray, I represent by... |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |