Where does “sixel” come from?
sixel (English) comes from English pixel, from English pix, from English pictures, from English picture, from Middle English pycture, from Old French picture, from Latin pictūra, from Latin pingō — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
sixel (English): A dot analogous to a pixel, forming part of a code based on sets of six such dots, used to transmit bitmap graphics to certain printers and terminals
Definitions
- A dot analogous to a pixel, forming part of a code based on sets of six such dots, used to transmit bitmap graphics to certain printers and terminals
Ancestry of “sixel”, step by step
sixel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pixel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pixel | One of the tiny dots that make up the... |
| 2 | English | pix | 1946, “Palisades Notes”, in "The Billboard",... |
| 3 | English | pictures | plural of picture; API pl; cinema, movie theatre |
| 4 | English | picture | A representation of anything upon canvas, paper,... |
| 5 | Middle English | pycture | — |
| 6 | Old French | picture | — |
| 7 | Latin | pictūra | painting, the art of painting |
| 8 | Latin | pingō | to decorate, adorn, embellish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |