English
model
Model comes from Middle French modelle, from Old Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin *modellus, diminutive of Latin modulus ‘measure, standard’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*med-‘to measure’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mod-ós‘measure’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*modosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmodus‘measure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmodulus‘measure, standard’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*modellusreconstructed
- Old Italianmodernmodello
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600modelle‘template’
- Englishearliest quotation 1595model
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*med-‘to measure’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*mod-ós‘measure’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*modosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmodus‘measure’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmodulus‘measure, standard’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*modellusreconstructed
- Old Italianmodernmodello
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600modelle‘template’
- Englishearliest quotation 1595model
Earliest quotation: 1595, The Life and Death of King Richard the Second: “Thou seest thy wretched brother die, / Who was…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *med- ‘to measure’
must, medical, medicine, medication, meditation, med, remedy, moderate, medicinal, blackmail, medic, meditate, modest, moderator, mete, modulate, mote, commode, 24 more
through Proto-Italic *modos
through Vulgar Latin modus ‘measure’
modern, mud, mood, commodity, modification, molding, modal, modus, modicum, modifiable, moulder, 17 more
through Vulgar Latin modulus ‘measure, standard’
Today it means
noun A person who poses as a subject or visual reference for an artist.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *med- / model