Where does “grayscale” come from?
Grayscale combines English grey, from Proto-Indo-European gʰer-, with English scale, from Latin scala, itself from Latin scadla and Latin scandere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (s)kel-.
grayscale (English): A printed strip of graduated tones used to check...
Definitions
- A printed strip of graduated tones used to check...
Ancestry of “grayscale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | scale | A ladder; a series of steps; a means of... |
| 2 | Middle English | scale | — |
| 3 | Latin | scāla | — |
| 4 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | scandō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | — |