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Where does “minifier” come from?

minifier (English) comes from English minify, from English fy, from Latin fi, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

minifier (English): A program that minifies, or removes unnecessary...

Definitions

  1. A program that minifies, or removes unnecessary...

Ancestry of “minifier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishminifyTo make smaller; To reduce in apparent size, as...
2EnglishfyExpressing disapproval; To digest
3Latinfipah!, pooh!, foh!, bah!, an expression of...
4LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
5Proto-Italicfakjōto make
6Proto-Italic*θakjō—
7Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →