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Where does “modelar” come from?

modelar (Spanish) comes from Spanish modelo, from Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin modellus, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

modelar (Spanish): to model

Definitions

  1. to model

Ancestry of “modelar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmodelomodel; fashion model
2Italianmodellomodel; mould, mold; pattern
3Vulgar Latinmodellus—
4Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “modelar”

  • modelador
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