Where does “menu” come from?

menu (French) comes from Middle French menu, from Old French menu, from Latin minūtus, from Proto-Italic minwō, from Proto-Indo-European mēy- — soft, tender, dear.

menu (French): slim, small, fine; minor, trifling; detailed list

Definitions

  1. slim, small, fine; minor, trifling; detailed list

Ancestry of “menu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmenusmall
2Old Frenchmenusmall
3Latinminūtusdiminished, having been diminished
4Proto-Italicminwō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmēy-soft, tender, dear

Words derived from “menu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mēy- →