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Where does “multisampling” come from?

multisampling (English) comes from English sampling, from English sample, from Middle English saumple, from Old French essample, from Latin exemplum, from Latin eximō, from Latin emo, from Proto-Italic emō — to take; to distribute.

multisampling (English): A form of supersampling in which some components...

Definitions

  1. A form of supersampling in which some components...

Ancestry of “multisampling”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsamplingpresent participle of sample; The process or...
2EnglishsampleA part or snippet of something taken or presented...
3Middle Englishsaumpleexemplar, illustration, demonstration; parable;...
4Old FrenchessampleAlternative form of essainple; example
5Latinexempluma sample; an example; a warning example, lesson,...
6Latineximō—
7LatinemoI buy, purchase; I acquire, procure
8Proto-Italicemōto buy, to purchase
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁em-to take; to distribute
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