Where does “minuto” come from?

minuto (Cebuano) comes from Spanish minuto, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

minuto (Cebuano): a minute; a unit of time equal to sixty seconds;...

Definitions

  1. a minute; a unit of time equal to sixty seconds;...

Ancestry of “minuto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishminutominute
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 →