Where does “picture” come from?

picture (Norman) 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...

picture (Norman): picture

Definitions

  1. picture

Ancestry of “picture”, 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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Latin pingō →Every word from Latin pictūra →