Where does “bittikarttagrafiikka” come from?
bittikarttagrafiikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish bittikartta, from Finnish kartta, from Russian ка́рта, from Polish karta, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
bittikarttagrafiikka (Finnish): bitmap graphics
Definitions
- bitmap graphics
Ancestry of “bittikarttagrafiikka”, step by step
bittikarttagrafiikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish bittikartta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | bittikartta | bitmap |
| 2 | Finnish | kartta | map; Partitive singular form of karsi |
| 3 | Russian | ка́рта | playing card; card |
| 4 | Polish | karta | card; playing card; debit card, credit card |
| 5 | German | karte | card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc |
| 6 | Middle High German | karte | — |
| 7 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 8 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 9 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 10 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 11 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 12 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish grafiikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | grafiikka | graphics, graphic arts; graphics |
| 2 | Swedish | grafik | graphics, graphic art, graphic prints,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γραφικός | pertaining to writing; pertaining to painting |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γραφή | drawing; painting; writing, a writing |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |