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Where does “thresholding” come from?

Thresholding comes from English threshold plus the Old English suffix -ing, with threshold itself deriving from Old English threscold, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European terh₁-.

thresholding (English): The process of creating a black-and-white image...

Definitions

  1. The process of creating a black-and-white image...

Ancestry of “thresholding”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
2Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
3Old English-tūn—
4Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
5Proto-West Germanictūnfence
6Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
7Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
8Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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