Meaning

noun a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

noun graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

noun a clear and telling mental image

originFrom Middle English pycture, from Old French picture, itself from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“to paint”). Doublet of pictura.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0