Where does “pycture” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pycture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpicture
2Latinpictūrapainting, the art of painting
3Latinpingōto decorate, adorn, embellish
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “pycture

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ-
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