Etymology

antialiasing

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Today it means: any technique that reduces the appearance of jagged edges in digital images caused by high-contrast borders between pixels. Full definition →

English aliasing ← Latin alia ← Proto-Italic *aljos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élyos
  9. Proto-Italic*aljos
  10. Latinalius
  11. Latinalia
  12. Englishalias
  13. Englishaliasing
  14. English todayantialiasing

From anti- + aliasing.

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