Where does “Kameramodell” come from?
Kameramodell (German) comes from German Modell, from 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.
Kameramodell (German): camera model
Definitions
- camera model
Ancestry of “Kameramodell”, step by step
Kameramodell traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Modell
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Modell | A model of an object; A theoretical model |
| 2 | Italian | modello | model; mould, mold; pattern |
| 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 |
via German Kamera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kamera | camera |
| 2 | New Latin | camera obscura | dark chamber |
| 3 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 5 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |