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
- white balance color correction
Ancestry of “ホワイトバランス”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | white balance | The 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 |
| 2 | English | White | Alternative letter-case form of white; An... |
| 3 | English | sox | plural of sock |
| 4 | English | socks | plural of sock; Third-person singular simple... |
| 5 | English | sock | A knitted or woven covering for the foot; A shoe... |
| 6 | French | soc | plowshare; Boston butt |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | soccus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | sukkos | pig (snout) |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | suH- | pig, hog, swine |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sewH- | to bear; to give birth |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |