Where does “semiminor” come from?
semiminor (English) comes from English minor, from Middle English minor, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.
semiminor (English): Describing each of the two segments of the minor...
Definitions
- Describing each of the two segments of the minor...
Ancestry of “semiminor”, step by step
semiminor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English minor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | minor | Of little significance or importance; Of a scale... |
| 2 | Middle English | minor | — |
| 3 | Latin | minor | comparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,... |
| 4 | Latin | minae | projecting points, pinnacles, battlements,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *eksmenā | — |
via English semi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | semi | A semi-detached house; A semitrailer; a... |
| 2 | English | semi- | half; partial, incomplete; somewhat, rather,... |
| 3 | Latin | sēmi- | half |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sēmi | half; partially |