Where does “modelator” come from?
modelator (Romanian) comes from Italian modellatore, from Italian modellare, from Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin modellus, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
modelator (Romanian): draughtsman
Definitions
- draughtsman
Ancestry of “modelator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | modellatore | modeller; corset; caster, founder |
| 2 | Italian | modellare | to model, to mould, to shape, to fashion |
| 3 | Italian | modello | model; mould, mold; pattern |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | modellus | — |
| 5 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |