Etymology

demosaic

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Today it means: To convert (the samples provided by the mosaic-like colour filter array of a digital camera) into a full-colour image. Full definition →

English mosaic ← Middle French mosaïque ← Italian mosaico
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Ancient GreekΜοῦσᾰ (Moûsă)
  8. Ancient GreekΜουσεῖον (Mouseîon)
  9. Ancient Greekμουσεῖον (mouseîon)
  10. Late Latinmūsīvum
  11. Medieval Latinmusaicum
  12. Italianmosaico
  13. Middle Frenchmosaïque
  14. Englishmosaic
  15. English todaydemosaic

From de- + mosaic.

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