- pictorial (adj.)
[pictorial 词源字典]
- 1640s, from Latin pictorius "of a painter," from pictor "painter," from past participle stem of pingere "to make pictures" (see paint (v.)) + -al (1). The noun meaning "journal in which pictures are the main feature" is first recorded 1844. Related: Pictorially.[pictorial etymology, pictorial origin, 英语词源]