Where does “miniaturista” come from?

miniaturista (Italian) 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.

miniaturista (Italian): miniaturist

Definitions

  1. miniaturist

Ancestry of “miniaturista”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom