English
pictura
Pictura comes from Latin pictūra ‘a painting’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- ‘to hew, cut out’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peyḱ-‘to hew, cut out’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pinéḱtireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pingōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpingō‘to paint’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpictūra‘a painting’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004pictura
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peyḱ-‘to hew, cut out’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pinéḱtireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pingōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpingō‘to paint’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpictūra‘a painting’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004pictura
Earliest quotation: 2004, Steven Paul Scher, Walter Bernhart: “It is customary to distinguish three components in an…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- ‘to hew, cut out’
fish, file, feud, piscina, 25 more
through Proto-Italic *pingō
through Latin pingō ‘to paint’
paint, pint, pigment, depiction, depict, pictorial, pimento, 8 more
Today it means
noun The picture or image component of something, such as an emblem or poem, that contains a combination of imagery and text or symbols.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- / pictura