Where does “pixel” come from?
pixel (Hungarian) 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...
pixel (Hungarian): pixel
Ancestry of “pixel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 8 | Latin | pingō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |
Words derived from “pixel”