Where does “メガピクセル” come from?
メガピクセル (Japanese) comes from English megapixel, from English pixel, from English pix, from English pictures, from English picture, from Middle English pycture, from Old French picture, from Latin pictūra — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
メガピクセル (Japanese): megapixel
Definitions
- megapixel
Ancestry of “メガピクセル”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | megapixel | One million pixels, used as a unit of resolution... |
| 2 | English | pixel | One of the tiny dots that make up the... |
| 3 | English | pix | 1946, “Palisades Notes”, in "The Billboard",... |
| 4 | English | pictures | plural of picture; API pl; cinema, movie theatre |
| 5 | English | picture | A representation of anything upon canvas, paper,... |
| 6 | Middle English | pycture | — |
| 7 | Old French | picture | — |
| 8 | Latin | pictūra | painting, the art of painting |
| 9 | Latin | pingō | to decorate, adorn, embellish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |