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English word picture comes from Proto-Indo-European *peyḱ- (spot, color), and later Latin pingo (I paint) and pictura (painting, picture)
*peyḱ- (Proto-Indo-European)
pingo (Latin)
I decorate or embellish. I paint, tint or colour. I portray.
pictura (Latin)
Painting, the art of painting. Picture (image).
picture (Old French)
pycture (Middle English)
picture (English)
(in the plural, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).. (informal) A motion picture.. A figure; a model.. A painting.. A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).. A photograph.. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.. An attractive [...]