Where does “modelmigrant” come from?
modelmigrant (Dutch) comes from Dutch model, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin modellus, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
modelmigrant (Dutch): model migrant a migrant who is considered exemplary, typically used of immigrants rather than emigrants
Definitions
- model migrant a migrant who is considered exemplary, typically used of immigrants rather than emigrants
Ancestry of “modelmigrant”, step by step
modelmigrant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch model
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | model | model; shape, the proper arrangement of something |
| 2 | Middle French | modelle | template; model; model; replica; reconstruction |
| 3 | Old Italian | modello | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | modellus | — |
| 5 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |