Etymology

plamodel

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Today it means: Any of a range of plastic die-cast models, kits, or similar merchandise. Full definition →

English model ← Middle French modelle ← Old Italian modello
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  3. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  4. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  5. Latinplasticus
  6. Englishplastic
  7. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*médos
  9. Proto-Italic*medos
  10. Latinmodus
  11. Late Latinmodulus
  12. Vulgar Latin*modellus
  13. Old Italianmodello
  14. Middle Frenchmodelle
  15. Englishmodel
  16. English todayplamodel

Blend of plastic + model.

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