Where does “miniatyrbilde” come from?
miniatyrbilde (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål miniatyr, from Medieval Latin miniatura, from French miniature, from Italian miniatura, from Italian miniare, from Latin miniare, from Latin minium, from Latin -um.
miniatyrbilde (Norwegian Bokmål): a thumbnail
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Ancestry of “miniatyrbilde”, step by step
miniatyrbilde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål miniatyr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | miniatyr | a miniature; miniature |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | miniatura | — |
| 3 | French | miniature | miniature; thumbnail |
| 4 | Italian | miniatura | miniature; thumbnail |
| 5 | Italian | miniare | to illuminate; to miniate |
| 6 | Latin | miniare | — |
| 7 | Latin | minium | native cinnabar; red lead, minium |
| 8 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |