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Where does “picture-skew” come from?

picture-skew (English) comes from English picturesque, from French pittoresque, from Italian pittoresco, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō — to turn.

picture-skew (English): Alternative form of picturesque

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of picturesque

Ancestry of “picture-skew”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpicturesqueResembling or worthy of a picture or painting;...
2Frenchpittoresquepicturesque; someone or something that is...
3Italianpittorescopicturesque
4Italian-escoForms adjectives that indicate relationship,...
5Vulgar Latin-iscus-ish
6Latin-ensisOf or from
7Latinarvumfield; farm land
8Latincolō—
9Latinquelō—
10Proto-Italickʷelō—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →