Where does “minutet” come from?

minutet (Catalan) comes from Catalan minut, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

minutet (Catalan): short, indeterminate amount of time

Definitions

  1. short, indeterminate amount of time

Ancestry of “minutet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanminutminute
2Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
3Proto-Italicminwō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →