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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |