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Where does “Minorque” come from?

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

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”

  • minorquin
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