Where does “modelărie” come from?
modelărie (Romanian) comes from Romanian model, from French modèle, from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin modellus, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
modelărie (Romanian): modeling
Definitions
- modeling
Ancestry of “modelărie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | model | a template |
| 2 | French | modèle | model, example, design; template; first-person... |
| 3 | Middle French | modelle | template; model; model; replica; reconstruction |
| 4 | Old Italian | modello | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | modellus | — |
| 6 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |