Where does “pictures” come from?
Pictures derives from Middle English pycture, Old French picture, and Latin pictura, the noun form of Latin pictus, past participle of pingere and pingo, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-.
pictures (English): plural of picture; API pl; cinema, movie theatre
Definitions
- plural of picture; API pl; cinema, movie theatre
Ancestry of “pictures”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | picture | A representation of anything upon canvas, paper,... |
| 2 | Middle English | pycture | — |
| 3 | Old French | picture | — |
| 4 | Latin | pictūra | — |
| 5 | Latin | pingō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |