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Where does “фотомодель” come from?

фотомодель (Russian) comes from Russian моде́ль, 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.

фотомодель (Russian): model who poses for photographs; fashion model;...

Definitions

  1. model who poses for photographs; fashion model;...

Ancestry of “фотомодель”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмоде́ль—
2Frenchmodèlemodel, example, design; template; first-person...
3Middle Frenchmodelletemplate; model; model; replica; reconstruction
4Old Italianmodello—
5Vulgar Latinmodellus—
6Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
7Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
8Proto-Italic-olos—
9Proto-Italic-elos—
10Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
11Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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