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
- model who poses for photographs; fashion model;...
Ancestry of “фотомодель”, step by step
фотомодель traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian моде́ль
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | моде́ль | model model car, fashion model, etc |
| 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 |
via Russian фо́то
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | фо́то | photo |
| 2 | Russian | фотография | photograph; photography |
| 3 | Latin | photographia | photography |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φωτός | genitive singular of φῶς; light; of light |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φῶς | Attic form of φᾰ́ος |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰáos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |