Where does “de minimis” come from?

de minimis (English) comes from Latin minimis, from Latin minimus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)-.

de minimis (English): Concerning things that are so minor as to be...

Definitions

  1. Concerning things that are so minor as to be...

Ancestry of “de minimis”, step by step

de minimis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin minimis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminimisdative masculine plural of minimus; dative...
2Latinminimusleast, smallest
3Proto-Indo-European*(s)mey(h₁)-—

via Latin de

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindeThe name of the letter "D"; of, concerning,...
2Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mey(h₁)- →Every word from Latin minimus →Every word from Latin minimis →
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