Where does “minishment” come from?
minishment (English) comes from English minish, from Middle English menuse, from Middle French menusier, from Vulgar Latin minutiare, from Latin minutia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
minishment (English): The act of diminishing, or the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of diminishing, or the state of being...
Ancestry of “minishment”, step by step
minishment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English minish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | minish | To lessen or cause to seem to be less |
| 2 | Middle English | menuse | small fry |
| 3 | Middle French | menusier | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | minutiare | — |
| 5 | Latin | minutia | smallness, fineness, minuteness |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |