Where does “ホワイトバランス” come from?

ホワイトバランス (Japanese) comes from English white balance, from English White, from English sox, from English socks, from English sock, from French soc, from Vulgar Latin soccus, from Proto-Celtic sukkos — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

ホワイトバランス (Japanese): white balance color correction

Definitions

  1. white balance color correction

Ancestry of “ホワイトバランス”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwhite balanceThe color correction applied to files created by a digital camera. It determines the color temperature of the image based on the type of scene lighting (natural or artificial) and can be selected automatically by the camera (automatic white balance or AWB) or manually by the photographer
2EnglishWhiteAlternative letter-case form of white; An...
3Englishsoxplural of sock
4Englishsocksplural of sock; Third-person singular simple...
5EnglishsockA knitted or woven covering for the foot; A shoe...
6Frenchsocplowshare; Boston butt
7Vulgar Latinsoccus
8Proto-Celticsukkospig (snout)
9Proto-Indo-EuropeansuH-pig, hog, swine
10Proto-Indo-EuropeansewH-to bear; to give birth
11Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sew-