Where does “miniatura” come from?

miniatura (Czech) comes from Latin minium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

miniatura (Czech): miniature

Definitions

  1. miniature

Ancestry of “miniatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminiumnative cinnabar; red lead, minium
2Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
3Proto-Italic*-om—
4Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →
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