Where does “pictograph” come from?

pictograph (English) comes from Latin Pictus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pictograph (English): A picture that represents a word or an idea; A...

Definitions

  1. A picture that represents a word or an idea; A...

Ancestry of “pictograph”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPictusa Pict, a resident of early Scotland
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “pictograph”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin Pictus →