Where does “menar” come from?

menar (Franco-Provençal) comes from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

menar (Franco-Provençal): to lead

Definitions

  1. to lead

Ancestry of “menar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
2Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
3Proto-Italic*eksmenā—
Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenā →Every word from Latin minae →Every word from Latin minor →