Where does “trixel” come from?

trixel (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...

trixel (English): A triangle assigned a single color based on the...

Definitions

  1. A triangle assigned a single color based on the...

Ancestry of “trixel”, step by step

trixel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pixel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpixelOne of the tiny dots that make up the...
2Englishpix1946, “Palisades Notes”, in "The Billboard",...
3Englishpicturesplural of picture; API pl; cinema, movie theatre
4EnglishpictureA representation of anything upon canvas, paper,...
5Middle Englishpycture
6Old Frenchpicture
7Latinpictūrapainting, the art of painting
8Latinpingōto decorate, adorn, embellish
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

via English triangle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtriangleA polygon with three sides and three angles; A...
2Middle Englishtriangle
3Old Frenchtriangle
4Latintriangulumtriangle; nominative neuter singular of...
5Latintriangulustriangular, three-cornered, three-sided;...
6LatinAngulusA city of the Vestini, situated on a hill near the Adriatic Sea, now the town of Città Sant'Angelo
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂engulosjoint?
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eng-curve, bend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ-