Where does “modèle” come from?
modèle (French) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
modèle (French): model, example, design; template; first-person...
Definitions
- model, example, design; template; first-person...
Ancestry of “modèle”, step by step
modèle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French modelle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | modelle | template; model; model; replica; reconstruction |
| 2 | Old Italian | modello | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | modellus | — |
| 4 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |