Where does “메가픽셀” come from?
메가픽셀 (Korean) 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...
메가픽셀 (Korean): megapixel
Definitions
- megapixel
Ancestry of “메가픽셀”, 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... |