picture

/ˈpɪktʃə/PIK-chur

/ˈpɪktʃɚ/PIK-chur

Meaninga painting

Common meaning: a painted or drawn image

pictto paint, colour inLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1378 · scan
urenoun ending: result or process

Journey through time

Latinpingō, pīnxī, pictum‘to paint, colour in’
Englishpicture‘a painted or drawn image’ · today

pict also in: paint depict pigment

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin pingō ‘to paint, colour in’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pingō, p. 1378 · dictionary scan

Roots

pingō, pīnxī, pictum Latin “to paint, colour in”

Related words

depict paint pigment

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