Where does “gigapixel” come from?
gigapixel (English) comes from French pixel, from English pixel, from English pix, from English pictures, from English picture, from Middle English pycture, from Old French picture, from Latin pictūra — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
gigapixel (English): A unit of graphic resolution equivalent to 10...
Definitions
- A unit of graphic resolution equivalent to 10...
Ancestry of “gigapixel”, step by step
gigapixel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French pixel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | pixel | pixel |
| 2 | English | pixel | One of the tiny dots that make up the... |
| 3 | English | pix | 1946, “Palisades Notes”, in "The Billboard",... |
| 4 | English | pictures | plural of picture; API pl; cinema, movie theatre |
| 5 | English | picture | A representation of anything upon canvas, paper,... |
| 6 | Middle English | pycture | — |
| 7 | Old French | picture | — |
| 8 | Latin | pictūra | painting, the art of painting |
| 9 | Latin | pingō | to decorate, adorn, embellish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |
via Italian pixel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | pixel | — |