Where does “minuut” come from?

minuut (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch minute, from Middle French minute, from Old French minute, from Latin minuta, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

minuut (Dutch): minute

Definitions

  1. minute

Ancestry of “minuut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchminute—
2Middle Frenchminute—
3Old Frenchminuteminute one sixtieth of an hour
4Latinminutanominative feminine singular of minūtus;...
5Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
6Proto-Italicminwō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “minuut”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →