Etymology

Droste effect

Today it means: The effect of a picture appearing within itself recursively, so that the inner picture contains another even smaller picture, and so on. Full definition →

Dutch Droste ← German Droste
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  1. German · derived fromDroste
  2. Dutch · derived fromDroste
  3. English todayDroste effect

Droste + effect, from Dutch Droste, from German Droste. From the image used on Droste-brand cocoa powder, one of the main Dutch brands, of a nurse carrying a serving tray with a cup of hot chocolate and a box with the same image. Named after Dutch businessman Gerardus Johannes Droste who founded the company in 1863.

Words from the same roots

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