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Where does “Minorcan” come from?

Minorcan (English) comes from English Minorca, from Late Latin Minorca, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

Minorcan (English): Of or relating to Minorca or its inhabitants; An...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to Minorca or its inhabitants; An...

Ancestry of “Minorcan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMinorca—
2Late LatinMinorca—
3Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
4Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
5Proto-Italic*eksmenā—
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