Where does “Modellorganismus” come from?

Modellorganismus (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.

Modellorganismus (German): model organism

Definitions

  1. model organism

Ancestry of “Modellorganismus”, step by step

Modellorganismus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Modell

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanModellA model of an object; A theoretical model
2Italianmodellomodel; mould, mold; pattern
3Vulgar Latinmodellus
4Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos
7Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via German Organismus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanOrganismusorganism
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin modulus