Where does “minaudier” come from?
minaudier (French) comes from French minauder, from Norman mine, from Breton min, from Italian mina, from Latin mina, from Gaulish mēnā, from Proto-Celtic *meinis, from Proto-Indo-European mēy(H)nis — to cut, hew.
minaudier (French): coquettish; affected
Ancestry of “minaudier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | minauder | to simper |
| 2 | Norman | mine | — |
| 3 | Breton | min | face of an animal; beak, muzzle |
| 4 | Italian | mina | mine, land mine; lead in pencils; mine which... |
| 5 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 6 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |
Words derived from “minaudier”