Where does “miniate” come from?
miniate (English) comes from Latin miniatus, from Latin minium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
miniate (English): Of or relating to the colour of red lead or...
Definitions
- Of or relating to the colour of red lead or...
Ancestry of “miniate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | miniatus | vermilion, scarlet |
| 2 | Latin | minium | native cinnabar; red lead, minium |
| 3 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |