Where does “miniatura” come from?

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

miniatura (Polish): miniature

Definitions

  1. miniature

Ancestry of “miniatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianminiaturaminiature; thumbnail
2Italianminiareto illuminate; to miniate
3Latinminiare—
4Latinminiumnative cinnabar; red lead, minium
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om—
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “miniatura”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →