Where does “picture” come from?

picture (Middle English) comes from Latin pictūra, from Latin pingō, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

picture (Middle English): The act or discipline of drawing or painting

Definitions

  1. The act or discipline of drawing or painting

Ancestry of “picture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpictūrapainting, the art of painting
2Latinpingōto decorate, adorn, embellish
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “picture”

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