Where does “depixelate” come from?

depixelate (English) comes from English de, from Chinese 德, from Mandarin 德意志, from German Deutsch, from Old High German diutsch, from Old High German diutisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic þiudiskaz — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

depixelate (English): To remove pixelation from an image (such as to uncensor an image censored by pixelation)

Definitions

  1. To remove pixelation from an image (such as to uncensor an image censored by pixelation)

Ancestry of “depixelate”, step by step

depixelate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English de

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdeTo do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A...
2Chinese
3Mandarin德意志
4GermanDeutschGerman
5Old High Germandiutsch
6Old High GermandiutiscAlternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;...
7Proto-West Germanicþiudiskof the people, popular, vernacular
8Proto-Germanicþiudiskazof the people, popular; of the tribe
9Proto-Germanicþeudōpeople, tribe
10Proto-Indo-Europeantewtéh₂people, tribe
11Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via English pixelate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpixelateTo divide an image into pixels, or to display an...
2EnglishpixelOne of the tiny dots that make up the...
3Englishpix1946, “Palisades Notes”, in "The Billboard",...
4Englishpicturesplural of picture; API pl; cinema, movie theatre
5EnglishpictureA representation of anything upon canvas, paper,...
6Middle Englishpycture
7Old Frenchpicture
8Latinpictūrapainting, the art of painting
9Latinpingōto decorate, adorn, embellish
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewtéh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic þeudō