Where does “Miniatur” come from?

Miniatur (German) 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.

Miniatur (German): miniature

Definitions

  1. miniature

Ancestry of “Miniatur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianminiaturaminiature; thumbnail
2Italianminiareto illuminate; to miniate
3Latinminiare
4Latinminiumnative cinnabar; red lead, minium
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom

Words derived from “Miniatur

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom
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