Etymograph

English

maquette

Maquette comes from French maquette ‘model, mock-up’, from Italian macchietta ‘speck, little spot’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smeH- ‘to wipe’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smeH-‘to wipe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sm̥Htlómreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smaklomreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmacula‘spot, stain’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*maclareconstructed
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentmacchia‘spot’
  7. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmacchietta‘speck, little spot’diminutive of macchia
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentmaquette‘model, mock-up’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1993same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*smeH-‘to wipe’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sm̥Htlómreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*smaklomreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmacula‘spot, stain’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*maclareconstructed
  6. Italianc. 1300–presentmacchia‘spot’
  7. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmacchietta‘speck, little spot’diminutive of macchia
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentmaquette‘model, mock-up’
  9. Englishearliest quotation 1993same form

Earliest quotation: 1993, Will Self: “His presence would be an affront to my body;…”

Linked words

through Latin macula ‘spot, stain’

mailed, mackerel, macchiato, mancha, macula, maillot, 7 more

through Vulgar Latin *macla

mail, 2 more

Today it means

noun A preliminary model or sketch used in preparation for making a sculpture.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *smeH- / maquette

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