Where does “depictional” come from?
depictional (English) comes from English depiction, from French dépiction, from Latin depictio, from Latin depingo, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste — afterwards, post; by, at.
depictional (English): Relating to depiction
Definitions
- Relating to depiction
Ancestry of “depictional”, step by step
depictional traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English depiction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | depiction | a lifelike image of something, either verbal or... |
| 2 | French | dépiction | — |
| 3 | Latin | depictio | depiction |
| 4 | Latin | depingo | I depict, I paint, I portray, I represent by... |
| 5 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 6 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 7 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 8 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |