Where does “mini-” come from?

mini- (Finnish) comes from Latin minium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

mini- (Finnish): mini

Definitions

  1. mini

Ancestry of “mini-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminiumnative cinnabar; red lead, minium
2Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
3Proto-Italic*-om—
4Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “mini-”

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