Where does “microminiature” come from?
microminiature (English) comes from English miniature, from Italian miniatura, from Italian miniare, from Latin miniare, from Latin minium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
microminiature (English): A particularly small miniature
Definitions
- A particularly small miniature
Ancestry of “microminiature”, step by step
microminiature traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English miniature
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | miniature | Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale; A... |
| 2 | Italian | miniatura | miniature; thumbnail |
| 3 | Italian | miniare | to illuminate; to miniate |
| 4 | Latin | miniare | — |
| 5 | Latin | minium | native cinnabar; red lead, minium |
| 6 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |