Where does “макета” come from?

макета (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French maquette, from Italian macchietta, from Italian macchia, from Vulgar Latin macla, from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂, from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- — smear, rub.

макета (Serbo-Croatian): model; sketch

Definitions

  1. model; sketch

Ancestry of “макета”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmaquettemodel, mock-up
2Italianmacchiettalittle spot; speckle; sketch; strange or...
3Italianmacchiastain or smear; spot, fleck; blot, speck,...
4Vulgar Latinmaclamedieval spelling of macula; ablative singular of...
5LatinMacula
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂Every word from Latin Macula
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