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Where does “modelo” come from?

modelo (Spanish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

modelo (Spanish): model; fashion model

Definitions

  1. model; fashion model

Ancestry of “modelo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “modelo”

  • aeromodelo
  • aeromodelista
  • modelaje
  • modelar
  • supermodelo
  • aeromodelismo
  • modelismo
  • modelador
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