Where does “miniatura” come from?
miniatura (Italian) comes from Italian miniare, from Latin miniare, from Latin minium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
miniatura (Italian): miniature; thumbnail
Definitions
- miniature; thumbnail
Ancestry of “miniatura”, step by step
miniatura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian miniare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | miniare | to illuminate; to miniate |
| 2 | Latin | miniare | — |
| 3 | Latin | minium | native cinnabar; red lead, minium |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Latin miniō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | miniō | now the river Mignone |