Where does “megapixel” come from?
megapixel (Spanish) 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...
megapixel (Spanish): megapixel
Definitions
- megapixel
Ancestry of “megapixel”, step by step
megapixel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English megapixel
| 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... |
via Spanish píxel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | píxel | pixel |