Where does “moldura” come from?
moldura (Portuguese) comes from Spanish moldura, from Spanish moldadura, from Portuguese moldar, from Portuguese molde, from Spanish molde, from Old Catalan motle, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
moldura (Portuguese): frame
Definitions
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Ancestry of “moldura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | moldura | mold, molding |
| 2 | Spanish | moldadura | mould |
| 3 | Portuguese | moldar | to mold / mould; to hew, work, shape |
| 4 | Portuguese | molde | mould, cast; model, example; printing mould |
| 5 | Spanish | molde | mold, cast; pan, tin |
| 6 | Old Catalan | motle | — |
| 7 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 8 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |