Where does “miniatuur” come from?
miniatuur (Dutch) comes from Medieval Latin miniatura, from French miniature, from Italian miniatura, from Italian miniare, from Latin miniare, from Latin minium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
miniatuur (Dutch): miniature
Definitions
- miniature
Ancestry of “miniatuur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | miniatura | — |
| 2 | French | miniature | miniature; thumbnail |
| 3 | Italian | miniatura | miniature; thumbnail |
| 4 | Italian | miniare | to illuminate; to miniate |
| 5 | Latin | miniare | — |
| 6 | Latin | minium | native cinnabar; red lead, minium |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |