Etymology

modello

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Today it means: A preparatory sketch or study for a painting or other artwork. Full definition →

Italian modello ← Vulgar Latin *modellus ← Late Latin modulus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*médos
  3. Proto-Italic*medos
  4. Latinmodus
  5. Late Latinmodulus
  6. Vulgar Latin*modellus
  7. Italianmodello
  8. English todaymodello

Borrowed from Italian modello.

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