Etymology

miniaturize

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Today it means: To design or construct something on a miniature scale. Full definition →

English miniature ← Italian miniatura ← Latin minium
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  1. LatinMinius
  2. Latinminium
  3. Italianminio
  4. Italianminiare
  5. Italianminiatura
  6. Englishminiature
  7. English todayminiaturize

From miniature + -ize.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.