Where does “mince” come from?

mince (French) comes from French merde, from Middle French merde, from Old French merde, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic (s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- — stench.

mince (French): thin, slim, slender; drat!, darn!; wow!, blimey!

Definitions

  1. thin, slim, slender; drat!, darn!; wow!, blimey!

Ancestry of “mince”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmerdeshit!, crap!; break a leg!; turd, piece of feces,...
2Middle Frenchmerdeshit
3Old Frenchmerdeshit
4Latinmerdadung, excrement, shit
5Proto-Italic(s)merdā—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench

Words derived from “mince”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- →