Where does “minori” come from?

minori (Finnish) comes from English minor, from Middle English minor, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

minori (Finnish): minor

Definitions

  1. minor

Ancestry of “minori”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishminorOf little significance or importance; Of a scale...
2Middle Englishminor—
3Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
4Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
5Proto-Italic*eksmenā—
Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenā →Every word from Latin minae →Every word from Latin minor →