English
supersample
From super- + sample.
Latin eximō ‘to take out’
Latin exemplum ‘a sample’
Old French essample ‘example’
Middle English saumple ‘exemplar’
English sample
Today it means
verb To antialias by taking samples at several points inside each pixel and choosing an average colour value.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “supersample”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / supersample