Where does “miniature” come from?
Miniature comes from Italian miniare, from Latin minio, from Latin minium, originally denoting red lead used in manuscript illumination.
miniature (English): Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale; A...
Definitions
- Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale; A...
Ancestry of “miniature”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | miniatura | miniature; thumbnail |
| 2 | Italian | miniare | to illuminate; to miniate |
| 3 | Latin | miniare | — |
| 4 | Latin | minium | native cinnabar; red lead, minium |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
Words derived from “miniature”