Where does “minyo” come from?

minyo (Cebuano) comes from Spanish minio, from Latin minium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

minyo (Cebuano): married; To marry; To get married

Definitions

  1. married; To marry; To get married

Ancestry of “minyo”, step by step

minyo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish minio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishminio
2Latinminiumnative cinnabar; red lead, minium
3Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
4Proto-Italic*-om—
5Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

via Latin minimus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminimusleast, smallest
2Proto-Indo-European*(s)mey(h₁)-—

via Proto-Bantu *màjínò

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu*màjínò—

Words derived from “minyo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from Latin -um →Every word from Latin minium →