Where does “rebus principle” come from?

rebus principle (English) comes from English rebus, from French rébus, from Latin rebus, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

rebus principle (English): The idea of using ideograms as phonograms representing the sounds of the words expressed by the original ideograms

Definitions

The idea of using ideograms as phonograms representing the sounds of the words expressed by the original ideograms

Ancestry of “rebus principle”, step by step

rebus principle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English rebus

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	rebus	A kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to...
2	French	rébus	rebus
3	Latin	rebus	dative plural of rēs; ablative plural of rēs
4	Latin	rēs	thing, object, stuff
5	Latin	vindicatio	civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;...
6	Latin	vindicō	to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi)
7	Latin	vindex	claimant, vindicator
8	Latin	dīcō	to say, talk, speak, utter, mention
9	Latin	-tiō	tion, -ation, -ing
10	Latin	dissertātiō	(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
11	Latin	dissertus	arranged, disposed; explained
12	Latin	disserere	second-person singular future passive indicative...
13	Latin	dis-	asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
14	Latin	calceus	shoe
15	Latin	calx	limestone; chalk; the finish line
16	Ancient Greek	χάλιξ	small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via English principle

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	principle	A fundamental assumption or guiding belief; A...
2	Latin	prīncipium	a beginning, an origin, a commencement
3	Latin	prīnceps	first, foremost
4	Latin	primoceps	—
5	Latin	capiō	to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
6	Proto-Italic	kapiō	take
7	Proto-Italic	kapjō	take, seize
8	Proto-Indo-European	kh₂pyéti	—
9	Proto-Indo-European	keh₂p-	to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

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