Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗verb
To create or modify something with the traits of an example. · To create from a substance such as clay. · To make a miniature model of. · To make a model or models.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryWorthy of being a model; exemplary.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médos Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Old Italian modellobor. Middle French modellebor. English model From Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”); see mode, and compare module, modulus, mould, mold.
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- Borrowed-form mentionmodellefrm
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