Where does “amenuisement” come from?
amenuisement (French) comes from French amenuiser, from French menuiser, from Old French menusier, from Vulgar Latin minutiare, from Latin minutia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
amenuisement (French): diminution
Ancestry of “amenuisement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | amenuiser | To make thinner; to thin out; to get slimmer; to... |
| 2 | French | menuiser | to do craftwork or small handiwork |
| 3 | Old French | menusier | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | minutiare | — |
| 5 | Latin | minutia | smallness, fineness, minuteness |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |