Where does “subpixel” come from?
subpixel (English) comes from English sub, from English substitute, from Middle English substituten, from Latin substitutus, from Latin substituo, from Latin statuo, from Latin stātus, from Latin stō.
subpixel (English): A subdivision of a pixel, typically used to show...
Definitions
- A subdivision of a pixel, typically used to show...
Ancestry of “subpixel”, step by step
subpixel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sub
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sub | A submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich... |
| 2 | English | substitute | To use in place of something else, with the same... |
| 3 | Middle English | substituten | — |
| 4 | Latin | substitutus | substituted |
| 5 | Latin | substituo | I place next to, under, or instead of; I... |
| 6 | Latin | statuo | I set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I... |
| 7 | Latin | stātus | fixed, set, having been set |
| 8 | Latin | stō | to stand |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | staēō | stand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sth₂éh₁yeti | to stand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |
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... |