Where does “modell” come from?
modell (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin modulō, 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.
modell (Norwegian Nynorsk): a model
Ancestry of “modell”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | modulō | — |
| 2 | Italian | modello | model; mould, mold; pattern |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | modellus | — |
| 4 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “modell”