English

heightmap

From height + map.

A compound of height + map

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

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Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō

Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu

Old English hīehþu ‘highness’

Middle English heighte

Medieval Latin mappa mundī

Old French mapamonde ‘world map’

Middle English mappemounde ‘world map’

English map

Today it means

noun A two-dimensional raster image used to store surface elevations that can later be applied to a three-dimensional object.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / heightmap