Where does “menut” come from?
menut (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan menut, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.
menut (Catalan): small; unimportant, trivial
Definitions
- small; unimportant, trivial
Ancestry of “menut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | menut | small |
| 2 | Latin | minūtus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | minwō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |