Where does “miniatyrbilde” come from?
miniatyrbilde (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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 Nynorsk): a thumbnail
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Ancestry of “miniatyrbilde”, step by step
miniatyrbilde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk miniatyr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | 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 | — |