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Where does “modellatore” come from?

modellatore (Italian) comes from Italian modellare, 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.

modellatore (Italian): modeller; corset; caster, founder

Definitions

  1. modeller; corset; caster, founder

Ancestry of “modellatore”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmodellareto model, to mould, to shape, to fashion
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-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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