Where does “Minorque” come from?

Minorque (French) comes from Late Latin Minorca, from Latin minor, from Latin minae, from Proto-Italic *eksmenā.

Minorque (French): Minorca

Definitions

  1. Minorca

Ancestry of “Minorque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late LatinMinorca—
2Latinminorcomparative degree of parvus; lesser, inferior,...
3Latinminaeprojecting points, pinnacles, battlements,...
4Proto-Italic*eksmenā—

Words derived from “Minorque”

Every word from Proto-Italic *eksmenā →Every word from Latin minae →Every word from Latin minor →