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modello

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
mod-el-lo
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A preparatory sketch or study for a painting or other artwork.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Italian modellobor. English modello Borrowed from Italian modello.

Inflected Forms

modellos (plural) modelli (plural)

Questions

What does modello mean?
A preparatory sketch or study for a painting or other artwork.
Where does modello come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Late Latin modulusder. Vulgar Latin *modellus Italian modellobor. English modello Borrowed from Italian modello.

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