Where does “miniatore” come from?

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

miniatore (Italian): illuminator; miniaturist

Definitions

  1. illuminator; miniaturist

Ancestry of “miniatore”, step by step

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