Where does “miniatura” come from?

miniatura (Galician) comes from Italian miniatura, from Italian miniare, from Latin miniare, from Latin minium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

miniatura (Galician): miniature (a small version of something; a model of reduced scale)

Definitions

miniature (a small version of something; a model of reduced scale)

Ancestry of “miniatura”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
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	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →