Where does “pixelização” come from?
pixelização (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese pixelizar, from Portuguese pixel, from English pixel, from English pix, from English pictures, from English picture, from Middle English pycture, from Old French picture — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...
pixelização (Portuguese): pixelization
Definitions
- pixelization
Ancestry of “pixelização”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pixelizar | to pixelize |
| 2 | Portuguese | pixel | pixel one of the dots that make up an image |
| 3 | English | pixel | One of the tiny dots that make up the... |
| 4 | English | pix | 1946, “Palisades Notes”, in "The Billboard",... |
| 5 | English | pictures | plural of picture; API pl; cinema, movie theatre |
| 6 | English | picture | A representation of anything upon canvas, paper,... |
| 7 | Middle English | pycture | — |
| 8 | Old French | picture | — |
| 9 | Latin | pictūra | painting, the art of painting |
| 10 | Latin | pingō | to decorate, adorn, embellish |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peyḱ- | to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to... |