Where does “moldurar” come from?
moldurar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese moldura, from Spanish moldura, from Spanish moldadura, from Portuguese moldar, from Portuguese molde, from Spanish molde, from Old Catalan motle, from Latin modulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
moldurar (Portuguese): to frame, to decorate with a frame
Definitions
- to frame, to decorate with a frame
Ancestry of “moldurar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | moldura | frame |
| 2 | Spanish | moldura | mold, molding |
| 3 | Spanish | moldadura | mould |
| 4 | Portuguese | moldar | to mold / mould; to hew, work, shape |
| 5 | Portuguese | molde | mould, cast; model, example; printing mould |
| 6 | Spanish | molde | mold, cast; pan, tin |
| 7 | Old Catalan | motle | — |
| 8 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |