Where does “megavoxel” come from?
megavoxel (English) comes from English voxel, from English volumetric, from English -metric, from French -métrique, from Latin metricus, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
megavoxel (English): A million (or 220) voxels
Definitions
- A million (or 220) voxels
Ancestry of “megavoxel”, step by step
megavoxel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English voxel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | voxel | the three-dimensional analogue of a pixel; a... |
| 2 | English | volumetric | Pertaining to measurement by volume |
| 3 | English | -metric | Forming adjectives corresponding to nouns in... |
| 4 | French | -métrique | -metric |
| 5 | Latin | metricus | metrical; metric, metrical; metric |
| 6 | Latin | metrum | a measure |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |