Where does “menuetti” come from?

menuetti (Finnish) comes from French menuet, from Old French menuet, from Old French menu, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

menuetti (Finnish): minuet

Definitions

  1. minuet

Ancestry of “menuetti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmenuetminuet
2Old Frenchmenuet—
3Old Frenchmenusmall
4Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
5Proto-Italicminwō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →Every word from Proto-Italic minwō →Every word from Latin minūtus →