Where does “piksa” come from?

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

piksa (Tok Pisin): picture

Definitions

  1. picture

Ancestry of “piksa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpictureA representation of anything upon canvas, paper,...
2Middle Englishpycture
3Old Frenchpicture
4Latinpictūrapainting, the art of painting
5Latinpingōto decorate, adorn, embellish
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “piksa

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ-
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