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Where does “antimodel” come from?

antimodel (English) comes from English 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.

antimodel (English): Somebody or something that serves as the opposite...

Definitions

  1. Somebody or something that serves as the opposite...

Ancestry of “antimodel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmodelA person who serves as a subject for artwork or...
2Middle Frenchmodelletemplate; model; model; replica; reconstruction
3Old Italianmodello—
4Vulgar Latinmodellus—
5Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos—
8Proto-Italic-elos—
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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