Where does “miniare” come from?

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

miniare (Italian): to illuminate; to miniate

Definitions

  1. to illuminate; to miniate

Ancestry of “miniare”, step by step

miniare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin miniare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminiare—
2Latinminiumnative cinnabar; red lead, minium
3Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
4Proto-Italic*-om—
5Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

via Italian minio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianminiored lead

Words derived from “miniare”

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