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Where does “picturable” come from?

picturable (English) comes from English picture, from Middle English pycture, from Old French picture, from Latin pictūra, from Latin pingō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

picturable (English): Capable of being imagined; Capable of being...

Definitions

  1. Capable of being imagined; Capable of being...

Ancestry of “picturable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpictureA representation of anything upon canvas, paper,...
2Middle Englishpycture—
3Old Frenchpicture—
4Latinpictūra—
5Latinpingō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “picturable”

  • unpicturable
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