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Define miniature I need it for my notes so answer should be more than 150 words help me guys |
Answer» ANSWER:Some words take a rather circuitous route to reach their modern English meanings, starting out in another language with a meaning entirely different from the one they eventually settle into. Take the word miniature, for EXAMPLE. Its Latin ancestor concerned not size, but color.In early ITALIAN, the association of decorative drawings with miniare was so strong that the meaning of 'miniare' was BROADENED until it meant "to decorate a manuscriptExplanation:hope this is helpful to you...... |
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