Where does “миниатюра” come from?

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

миниатюра (Russian): miniature

Definitions

  1. miniature

Ancestry of “миниатюра”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchminiatureminiature; thumbnail
2Italianminiaturaminiature; thumbnail
3Italianminiareto illuminate; to miniate
4Latinminiare—
5Latinminiumnative cinnabar; red lead, minium
6Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
7Proto-Italic*-om—
8Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “миниатюра”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from Latin -um →Every word from Latin minium →