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Where does “miniare” come from?

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

Ancestry of “miniare”, step by step

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

Words derived from “miniare”

  • miniate
  • miniatous
  • miniatus
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