- picturesque (adj.)
[picturesque 词源字典]
- 1703, on pattern of French pittoresque, a loan-word from Italian pittoresco, literally "pictorial" (1660s), from pittore "painter," from Latin pictorem (nominative pictor); see painter (n.1). As a noun from 1749. Related: Picturesquely; picturesqueness.[picturesque etymology, picturesque origin, 英语词源]