Where does “micromodel” come from?

micromodel (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.

micromodel (English): A microscale model

Definitions

  1. A microscale model

Ancestry of “micromodel”, step by step

micromodel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English model

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-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via English micro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmicroSmall, relatively small; short form of...
2Ancient Greekμικρόςlittle, small
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós