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Where does “pictorial” come from?

Pictorial derives from Latin pictorius, from Latin pictor, an agent noun formed with the suffix Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

pictorial (English): Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by...

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by...

Ancestry of “pictorial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpictōrius—

Words derived from “pictorial”

  • pictorially
  • pictorialism
  • pictorialist
  • pictoriality
  • nonpictorial
  • pictorialize
  • pictorialness
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