Where does “miniaturism” come from?
miniaturism (English) comes from Romanian miniatură, from French miniature, from Italian miniatura, from Italian miniare, from Latin miniare, from Latin minium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
miniaturism (English): Miniature size; tendency towards miniature size;...
Definitions
- Miniature size; tendency towards miniature size;...
Ancestry of “miniaturism”, step by step
miniaturism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian miniatură
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | miniatură | miniature |
| 2 | French | miniature | miniature; thumbnail |
| 3 | Italian | miniatura | miniature; thumbnail |
| 4 | Italian | miniare | to illuminate; to miniate |
| 5 | Latin | miniare | — |
| 6 | Latin | minium | native cinnabar; red lead, minium |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via English miniature
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | miniature | Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale; A... |