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
Ancestry of “miniatyrbilde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |