Where does “Menorca” come from?

Menorca (Catalan) comes from Late Latin Minorica, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

Ancestry of “Menorca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late LatinMinorica—
2Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
3Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
4Proto-Italic*eksmenā—

Words derived from “Menorca”

Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenā →Every word from Latin minae →Every word from Latin minor →